| Accession Number | P11428 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Album |
| Date made | 1919 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Album of 254 photographs relating to the service of Captain (Capt) Cecil Guildford Kimmorley ...
Description
Album of 254 photographs relating to the service of Captain (Capt) Cecil Guildford Kimmorley Judge, MC. In particular the album shows the activities of and training methods used by Dunsterforce, as well as local people and architecture in Egypt and Persia. The aim of Dunsterforce was to organize and train local groups of Georgians and Armenians to counter Turkish operations in the Caucasus. Within the album is Capt Judge's handwritten account of Dunsterforce which he has entitled "The unofficial and sad history of Dunsterforce". The album also features soldiers in Russia during the counter-revolution of 1919 and the landscape of Vladivostok.
252 items sighted in album.