Images Dated 9th October 2020

Horses at sea, using slings WWI

Thousands of war horses were bought from all over Britain to serve with British Forces in World War One. They were used to carry supplies and ammunition, transport the wounded and to pull guns. Photograph showing the manner in which the horses for the Dardanelles Expeditionary Force were landed at Mudros, the base in the island of Lemnos, how they were transhipped from the sea-going transports into lighters alongside where the transports could come close in.
1916

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Heart of desert

Babak Mehrafshar AFIAP (Bob)

Kuleli Military High School, Asian side of the Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey

© Jon Arnold / AWL Images

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