Place | Africa: Egypt, Frontier, Sinai, El Arish Area, El Arish |
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Accession Number | J00902 |
Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Negative |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | Egypt: Frontier, Sinai, El Arish Area, El Arish |
Date made | 22 December 1916 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
General Sir Phillip Chetwode, General Officer Commanding, landing at El Arish. Major General ...
Description
General Sir Phillip Chetwode, General Officer Commanding, landing at El Arish. Major General Harry Chauvel is in the lead. General Chetwode led the newly reorganised Desert Column (mounted advance units) from December 1916; Major General Chauvel was his Second in Command and assumed command in late April 1917, when Chetwode replaced the Commander of the Eastern Frontier Force.