Baghdad, Mesopotamia. 1917-03-12. Sign on the wall of a former German wireless station which was ...

Place Middle East: Iraq, Baghdad
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

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

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.