Place | Middle East: Iraq, Baghdad |
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Accession Number | P00562.045 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Baghdad, Mesopotamia. 1917-03-12. Sign on the wall of a former German wireless station which was ...
Description
Baghdad, Mesopotamia. 1917-03-12. Sign on the wall of a former German wireless station which was extensively damaged by the retreating forces. The sign reads `God punish England!!'. Members of the 1st Wireless Signals Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, had hoped to use the buildings and masts but they were beyond repair.