Disembarkation of 1/5th Hampshire Howitzer Battery (Territorial Force), Royal Field Artillery, Basra, 1915
Photograph, Basra, Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq), World War One (1914-1918), 1915.
Howitzers and equipment of 1/5th Hampshire Howitzer Battery (Territorial Force), Royal Field Artillery on board a barge alongside a transport ship.
The photograph was probably taken from on board the SS Franz Ferdinand on which the 1/5th Hampshire Howitzer Battery (Territorial Force), Royal Field Artillery sailed from Bombay to Basra in 1915. The Austrian steamer was seized by the British in Aden in 1914. It was used as a troop ship and hospital ship during World War One.
From an album of 210 photographs compiled by Lieutenant Henry Curtis Gallup during his service with the 5th Hampshire Howitzer Battery (Territorial Force) in Mesopotamia during World War One (1914-1918), 1915-1916.
Gallup was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Territorial Force on 28 August 1914 and served in India and Mesopotamia with 1/5th Hampshire Howitzer Battery. He fought in the Battle of Shaiba in April 1915 and took part in the advance towards Baghdad, including the Battle of Es Sinn and capture of Kut in September. Gallup was subsequently held as a prisoner of war in Turkey after his capture at Kut in April 1916.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1987-01-70-12
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1987-01-70-12