9/12th Lancers conducting patrols in Al Amarah, Iraq, 2003

Digital photograph by Corporal Dave Liddle, Royal Logistic Corps, 2003.

Al Amarah in Maysan Province came under British control after the invasion of Iraq in 2003. It became a centre of resistance to coalition occupation in the south of Iraq and British forces had to combat attacks from local militias and insurgents. Security and reconstruction and development operations were met with ambushes and the increasing use of improvised devices (IEDs).