AWM Collection Record: P00562.019

AWM image P00562.019

ID Number: P00562.019
Physical description: Black & white
Summary: Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia. 1916-12-12. A lone soldier looks across the open plains of the Sinn Banks at the beginning of operations against the Turkish Army by members of the British Cavalry Division (6th and 7th Cavalry Brigades), Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force. The Cavalry was assisted by members of the 1st Wireless Signal Squadron who erected mobile wireless stations as they approached Kut to provide communication with headquarters. (Donor A. Cameron)
Copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
Related subject: Radio communication
Related unit: 1 Wireless Signals Squadron; British Army; Headquarters units
Related place: Iraq: Kut el Amara
Related conflict: First World War, 1914-1918

Last-Modified: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:32:03 GMT

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