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(48) L.672 - Eastern scene by the roadside
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Cavalry > (48) L.672 - Eastern scene by the roadside |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74548820 |
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| Description | Indian cavalrymen playing cards, France, during World War I . A group of soldiers from the Indian Army are standing watching four of their friends playing cards on a wooden crate. One of the card players is wearing spurs, indicating that these are cavalrymen. In the background other men are sitting in a makeshift shelter made of a tarpaulin over posts. In 1914 India was part of the British Empire and was a natural source of troops. Two infantry divisions and cavalry were taken to the Western Front in October 1914. They were involved in much of the worst fighting in 1914-1915. After 1915 the infantry were transferred to Mesopotamia but two cavalry divisions remained in France until 1918. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. Indians in France. An Eastern scene by the roadside.'] |
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| Description | Photographs depicting cavalry. |
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| Description | Black-and-white photographs mainly of the Western Front during the First World War. Official British war photographers took many of them for propaganda purposes. Unless otherwise stated, titles are the photographs' original captions. From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928). The Haig Papers also contain Douglas Haig’s diaries. |
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| Shelfmark | Acc.3155 |
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