Shergat (Shargat), Mesopotamia. c. 1918-10-27. A Rolls Royce armoured car is manoeuvred down a ...

Place Middle East: Mesopotamia
Accession Number P00562.144
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

Shergat (Shargat), Mesopotamia. c. 1918-10-27. A Rolls Royce armoured car is manoeuvred down a slope on a newly constructed road through a nullah (ravine) during the Kalat Shergat offensive. The vehicles were part of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force and were supported by No. 13 Light Motor Wireless Station, 1st Wireless Signals Squadron. (Donor E. Keast Burke)