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PHOTOGRAPHS

Title
Black Watch and indians hold advanced section of line near Facquissart Fort guarding Callais
Object Name
Stereoscope Photograph
Maker
Realistic Travels Publishers (Primary maker)
Date Made
c.1914-1918
Place Made
England: London
London
Description
Stereoscope Photograph showing a view of Indian and Scottish soldier in trench. ‘Black Watch and Indians hold advanced section of line near Facquissart Fort guarding Callais’ The location is probably, in fact, Fauquissart. At least 1.2 million Indian troops served in the Great War, which is more than the Irish, Welsh and Scottish troops combined.
Materials
paper
Place Collected

Catalogue Number
BELUM.W2012.58
Notes
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