Troops on board the transport Ulysses, marching along the deck prior to a 'Mock Burial' of fish ...

Accession Number A00889
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made At sea
Date made c 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Troops on board the transport Ulysses, marching along the deck prior to a 'Mock Burial' of fish which was served as a meal but regarded as inedible. One patrially obscured man is wearing what appears to be a white laboratory coat and acting the role of chaplain.