An armoured train at Deir-el-Belah, Palestine, 1917

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

Image caption states: 'Armoured train at Deir-el-Belah Palestine'.

Construction on the desert railway began in February 1916. It eventually spanned hundreds of miles across the Sinai peninsula, providing troops and supplies to the front line.

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