A dead Turkish Officer, Gaza, 2 November 1917

Photograph, World War One, Middle East (1914-1918), Palestine, 1917.

The Egyptian Expeditionary Force inflicted heavy losses on the Ottoman Army at the Third Battle of Gaza, (1-2 November 1917) and around 1,000 Turkish men were buried in the captured trenches following the battle.

From a collection of photographs taken by Corporal Joseph Egerton, Shropshire Yeomanry in Sinai and Palestine.