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(28) D.1050 - Indian Cavalry on the move
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Cavalry > (28) D.1050 - Indian Cavalry on the move |
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| Description | Members of the Indian Cavalry make their way up a hillside, passed two soldiers travelling on foot. The cavalrymen are distinguishable by the turbans they are wearing, in place of helmets, and the spears they are carrying in their right hands. Unfortunately there is nothing in the original caption to suggest where on the Western Front this photograph was taken or when. The Indian Army was sent to the Western Front during the early stages of the war, September 1914. Whilst mostly made up of infantry, there were also 38 cavalry regiments. At the outbreak of World War I the Indian Army had the strength of over 155,000 men, not all of whom were sent to the Western Front - they were also sent to the Dardanelles, Middle East and East Africa. By the end of the War, the Army was said to have the strength of over 573,000 men. [Original reads: 'Indian Cavalry on the move.'] |
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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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