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British Soldiers in a wadi in Libya, October 1916

Photograph, World War One, Middle East (1914-1918), Libya, 1916.

Wadi is an Arabic word for valley or dry riverbed, they were used as defences during the Senussi, and Sinai and Palestine campaigns.

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

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 2002-05-1-45

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2002-05-1-45