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Background imageKut Collection: 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiments regimental drum

1st Battalion Cheshire Regiments regimental drum
Original painting for the 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiments regimental drum showing 17 Battle Honours of the Regiment from Louisburg to Kut al Amara

Background imageKut Collection: Narrow street in Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia, WW1

Narrow street in Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia, WW1
A narrow street in Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia (now Iraq), during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918

Background imageKut Collection: Champion (Scissors) Ltd, Sheffield, Yorkshire

Champion (Scissors) Ltd, Sheffield, Yorkshire
Champion (Scissors) Ltd, Champion Works, Petre Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire -- Rebuilding British Kitchens. Offer of Kumfi-Kut kitchen scissors when limited supplies permit, in a postwar letter

Background imageKut Collection: WWI - Iraq - Mesopotamian Front - British Camp - Ali Gharbi

WWI - Iraq - Mesopotamian Front - British Camp - Ali Gharbi
WWI - Iraq - Mesopotamian Front - British Camp at Ali Gharbi (Ghrabi) between Amara and Kut on the banks of the River Tigris

Background imageKut Collection: Foreshore at Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia, WW1

Foreshore at Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia, WW1
View of the foreshore at Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia (now Iraq), with people, boats and animals, during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918

Background imageKut Collection: Turkish Ottoman Obelisk / Memorial, Kut, Iraq

Turkish Ottoman Obelisk / Memorial, Kut, Iraq
Turkish Ottoman Obelisk/Memorial at Al-Kut, Iraq - built prior to the re-occupation by British Forces during the Mesopotamian Campaign in September 1915 (during World War One)

Background imageKut Collection: Recapture of Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia, WW1

Recapture of Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia, WW1
Recapture of Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia (now Iraq), by Allied troops during the First World War. Showing Indian Cavalry (Lancers) riding along a narrow street. Date: 24 February 1917

Background imageKut Collection: Iraq - Kut-Al-Imara - Sultan Mehmed V Reshad

Iraq - Kut-Al-Imara - Sultan Mehmed V Reshad
Iraq - Kut (Kut-Al-Imara) - at this stage still part of the Ottoman Empire - with inset portrait of Sultan Mehmed Reshad V

Background imageKut Collection: Al-Kut - Iraq

Al-Kut - Iraq
Al-Kut (Kut al-Imara or Kut El Amara)) - city in eastern Iraq, on the left bank of the Tigris River. Showing the famous Minaret of the Mosque

Background imageKut Collection: British prisoners from Kut returning to London, WW1

British prisoners from Kut returning to London, WW1
British prisoners captured after the Siege of Kut (1916), seen here on their return to London via Cannon Street Station. They are NCOs and other men, officers having returned a few days earlier

Background imageKut Collection: Scene during the Siege of Kut, Mesopotamia, WW1

Scene during the Siege of Kut, Mesopotamia, WW1
Scene during the Siege of Kut, Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia (now Iraq), during the First World War. Date: circa 1916

Background imageKut Collection: Part of the front line at Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia, WW1

Part of the front line at Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia, WW1
Part of the front line at Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia (now Iraq), with one soldier looking straight at the camera, during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1917

Background imageKut Collection: Allied advance through the desert to Kut, WW1

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

Background imageKut Collection: Street scene in a town, Mesopotamia, WW1

Street scene in a town, Mesopotamia, WW1
Street scene in a town (probably Kut Al Amara) in Mesopotamia (now Iraq), during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918

Background imageKut Collection: Indian soldier after the Siege of Kut, WW1

Indian soldier after the Siege of Kut, WW1
An Indian soldier in an emaciated condition after the Siege of Kut (1916), Mesopotamia (now Iraq), during the First World War. Date: circa 1916

Background imageKut Collection: Food supplies by aeroplane during the Siege of Kut, WW1

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

Background imageKut Collection: Arabs in a street in Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia, WW1

Arabs in a street in Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia, WW1
Arabs in a street in Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia (now Iraq), during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918

Background imageKut Collection: Street in Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia, WW1

Street in Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia, WW1
A street in Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia (now Iraq), during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918

Background imageKut Collection: Indian soldiers after the Siege of Kut, WW1

Indian soldiers after the Siege of Kut, WW1
Indian soldiers in an emaciated condition after the Siege of Kut (1916), Mesopotamia (now Iraq), during the First World War. Date: circa 1916

Background imageKut Collection: General Townshend in captivity after siege of Kut

General Townshend in captivity after siege of Kut
General Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend (1861-1924), British Indian Army officer, seen here (seated, centre) in captivity after the siege of Kut Al Amara in Mesopotamia (now Iraq)

Background imageKut Collection: General Townshend, British Indian Army officer

General Townshend, British Indian Army officer
General Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend (1861-1924), British Indian Army officer. During the First World War he commanded an Anglo-Indian force against the Turks in Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq)

Background imageKut Collection: Kut guns in arsenal at Baghdad, WW1

Kut guns in arsenal at Baghdad, WW1
A row of Kut guns in the arsenal at Baghdad, during the First World War. Probably some of the Turkish Howitzers captured by General Maude at Kut-el- Amara. circa 1917

Background imageKut Collection: General Townshend at Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia

General Townshend at Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia
General Sir Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend (1861-1924), British Indian Army officer, seen here (centre) in a group photo at Kut Al Amara in Mesopotamia (now Iraq), during the First World War

Background imageKut Collection: The Recapture of Kut-el-Amara, 1917 - British Troops enterin

The Recapture of Kut-el-Amara, 1917 - British Troops enterin
The Recapture of Kut by the British Army under the caommand of Lieut-General Stanley Maude


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