Desert Collection (page 18)

Dead camel in the desert, Middle East, WW1
A dead camel in an advanced state of decomposition, photographed during a march through the desert to Palestine during the First World War. Date: 1917

Indian carts transporting ammunition, Middle East, WW1
Indian carts transporting ammunition along a road across the desert in the Middle East during the First World War. A shell has just exploded in the distance. Date: 1914-1918

Trench in Suez Canal defences, Egypt, WW1
A trench in the Suez Canal defences, Egypt, during the First World War. It was probably at Muhammadiya, where the Scottish Horse dug a new line of trenches. Date: spring 1916

British trenches after fall of Gaza, Palestine, WW1
British trenches on the 75th Division Front after the fall of Gaza, Palestine, during the First World War. Date: 7 November 1917

British troops in trench, Brown Ridge, Middle East, WW1
British troops in a trench during the taking of Brown Ridge, Middle East, during the First World War. They are the 2nd Leicestershire Regiment, 7th (Indian) Division, Lewis Gun Section

British gunners firing captured gun in the desert, WW1
British gunners firing a captured gun against the enemy in the Palestine desert during the First World War. Date: circa 1917-1918

Italian Bersaglieri soldiers, Palestine, WW1
Italian Bersaglieri (light infantry) soldiers with their distinctive headgear, practising their attack in Palestine during the First World War. Date: October 1917

Cactus hedges near Deir el Balah, Palestine, WW1
Cactus hedges near Deir el Balah (Dayr al Balah) in Palestine during the First World War. There were many of these, presenting difficult obstacles to attacking troops. Date: circa 1917-1918

Arch of Ctesiphon, Mesopotamia, WW1
The Arch of Ctesiphon (Taq-i Kisra), near the River Tigris in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. The Battle of Ctesiphon (22-24 November 1915)

British reconnaissance at Wadi Saba, Palestine, WW1
British horse artillery (Yeomanry Mounted Division) reconnaissance at Wadi Saba, near Beersheba, Palestine, during the First World War. Date: August 1917

Army of Emir Faisal entering Zenbr, Palestine, WW1
The army of Emir Faisal entering Zenbr(?), Palestine, during the First World War. Date: 1916-1918

Troops at an encampment, Palestine, WW1
Troops (probably Turkish) at an encampment in the Palestine desert during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Anzac transport camels resting at Gaza, WW1
Transport camels of the Anzac section of the Imperial Camel Corps resting at Gaza during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

5th Light Horse Regiment camp near Gaza, WW1
Camp of the Australian 5th Light Horse Regiment on the sand near Gaza during the First World War. Date: 1917

Australian soldier near Gaza, WW1
An Australian soldier taking aim with his rifle near Gaza during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

Mounted Anzac troops in the desert near Gaza, WW1
Mounted Anzac troops force the Wadi Ghuzzi and outflank Gaza by a rapid detour across the desert during the First World War. Date: 1917

Arabs riding camels in the desert, Palestine, WW1
Arabs riding camels across the desert in Palestine during the First World War. Some are holding their rifles up in the air. Date: 1914-1918

British tank and troops on Palestine border, WW1
A British tank and troops on the Palestine border at the time of General Allenbys attack during the First World War. Date: summer 1917

Cars on a dusty road, Palestine, WW1
Cars travelling along a dusty road in the Palestine desert during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Arabs patrol on the march, Middle East, WW1
An arab patrol on the march in the desert, probably in Palestine, during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

Emir Faisals army entering Wejh, Middle East, WW1
Emir Faisals army entering Wejh (now in Saudi Arabia) during the First World War. Date: January 1917

Camel convoy at Shellal, Egypt, WW1
A camel convoy at Shellal, a village on the Nile, south of Aswan, Egypt, during the First World War. Date: 1918

Desert Mounted Corps with camels, Jordan, WW1
The Anzac Desert Mounted Corps with camels in the Jordan Valley during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Arab patrol flying the Sherifian Flag, Middle East, WW1
An Arab patrol led by General Jaafar Pashas ADC, flying the Sherifian Flag, marching across the desert during the Arab Revolt, First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Mounted infantry in the desert, Middle East, WW1
Mounted infantry in the desert during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British biplanes in dust storm, Gayadah, Middle East, WW1
A dust storm about to strike British biplanes at Gayadah (Jeida), during the Hejaz Expedition (1916-1917), Middle East, First World War. Date: 1916

BE2C biplanes on an airfield, Middle East, WW1
Three British BE2C biplanes on an airfield somewhere in the Middle East (possibly Mesopotamia, now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Allied advance through the desert to Kut, WW1
Allied advance of Indian cavalry and British officers through the desert to Kut Al Amara, during the Mesopotamian Campaign, First World War. Date: circa 1915

Natives with boat on the Tigris near Baghdad, Iraq
Natives on the Tigris near Baghdad, Iraq, with a gufa or guffa, a round wickerwork boat used since ancient times. Date: 20th century

British artillery in action, Mesopotamia, WW1
British artillery in action in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918

British Howitzer gun in action, Samarra, WW1
A British 6-inch 3-cwt Howitzer gun in action at Samarra, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: 1918

Arab mounted police, Mesopotamia, WW1
Arab mounted police crossing the bed of an ancient canal in Mesopotamia during the First World War. Date: 1918

Food supplies by aeroplane during the Siege of Kut, WW1
Food supplies by aeroplane during the Siege of Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia (now Iraq), during the First World War. A BE 2c aircraft in the camp of the 30th Squadron Royal Flying Corps

British 60-pounder guns in action, Samarra, WW1
British 60-pounder guns in action at Samarra, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: 1918

British troops marching to El Arish, Egypt, WW1
British troops of the 1/11th London Regiment, 162nd Infantry Brigade, 54th East Anglian Division (Desert Column) marching to El Arish, North Sinai, Egypt, during the First World War

Desert columns at El Magdhaba, Egypt, WW1
Desert columns at El Magdhaba, on the Sinai peninsula, Egypt, during the First World War. Date: 11 June 1917

Desert column at El Magdhaba, Egypt, WW1
A desert column at El Magdhaba, on the Sinai peninsula, Egypt, during the First World War. Date: 11 June 1917

Allied troops in Mesopotamia, WW1
Allied troops (mostly of the Indian Army) next to a railway line in Mesopotamia during the First World War. Sixteen men are needed to carry each rail. Date: 1916-1918

Ostrich by Mallett
Humorous cartoon by Mallett showing an ostrich with its head typically in the sand, but who is cheating slightly with the use of a periscope. Date: 1951

The dunes at Colomb-Bechar - Algeria
The beautiful lines of the sandunes at Colomb-Bechar - Algeria, North Africa Date: circa 1910s

Mule wagons crossing desert, South Africa, WW1
Mule wagons crossing the 500-mile waterless desert between Kimberley (Northern Cape, South Africa) and Keetmanshoop (now South Namibia, then German South West Africa) during the First World War

Algeria - Biskra - Camel Caravan on the move Date: circa 1906

Railway staff laying track in South Africa, WW1
South African railway staff laying track across scrub land to join up with the Windhoek line (now in Namibia, but then in German South West Africa) to Kaalfontein and Upington (South Africa)

Heavy artillery in action in the desert, WW1
Heavy artillery in action in the desert during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Arab troops at Kasr-i-Shirin, Middle East, during WW1
Arab troops at Kasr-i-Shirin (Qasr-e-Shirin, Ghasr-e-Shirin) in the Middle East (now Iran) during the First World War. They include Kerim Khan, Aziz Khan and Ali Agha. Date: circa 1916-1918

Howitzer in action in the desert, WW1
A 6 inch (30 cwt) Howitzer in action in the desert during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British 60 pounder gun in action, Samarra, WW1
A British 60 pounder gun in action at Samarra, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. 1918

Vehicle which crossed the Sahara Desert
A Citroen caterpillar half-track vehicle which crossed the Sahara desert, travelling 3200km in 22 days between Touggourt, Algeria and Timbucktu in Mali (between 17th December 1922 to 7th January 1923)

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