A Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0 PM (Petrol Mechanical) 2'6" gauge locomotive on the railway on the Aegean ...

Accession Number C01165
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Greece: Aegean Islands, Lemnos
Date made 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

A Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0 PM (Petrol Mechanical) 2'6" gauge locomotive on the railway on the Aegean island of Lemnos, which was worked by the 117th (Railway) Company, Royal Engineers. The Greek government lent the island to the Allies as a base for operations on the Gallipoli Peninsula.

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