GB 0099 KCLMA MISC 12 - Misc: Sepia photograph of Kut-el-Amara, [1915]

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GB 0099 KCLMA MISC 12

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Misc: Sepia photograph of Kut-el-Amara, [1915]

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  • [1915] (Creation)

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3 items

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Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia, garrisoned by the British Army, was the scene of a lengthy siege by the Turkish Army during World War One. The British troops eventually surrendered in Apr 1916 following the failure of several relief attempts.

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GB 0099 KCLMA MISC 12 [1915] Collection (fonds) 3 items Lt Col Edward Warren Caufeild Sandes (1880-1973)
Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia, garrisoned by the British Army, was the scene of a lengthy siege by the Turkish Army during World War One. The British troops eventually surrendered in Apr 1916 following the failure of several relief attempts.

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1981

3 copies, 1 original sepia and two modern, of photograph, probably taken by Maj Edward Warren Caufeild Sandes, of Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia, before the siege of the British garrison, 1916

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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
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Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Date of compilation: Nov 1999 Armed forces British Army Desert warfare International conflicts International relations Iraq Kut-el-Amara Middle East Military engineering Military organizations Organizations Photographs Sandes , Edward Warren Caufeild , 1880-1973 , Lieutenant Colonel State security Visual materials War Warfare World War One (1914-1918) World wars (events) Wars (events)

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Presented to the Centre by the family in 1981

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3 copies, 1 original sepia and two modern, of photograph, probably taken by Maj Edward Warren Caufeild Sandes, of Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia, before the siege of the British garrison, 1916

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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form

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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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English

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Summary guide entry on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

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Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

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  • English

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