In the middle east
Haryana-Punjab Jats
Jats of the Indian Army in action in Mesopotamia - #Iraq #WW1 image IWM pic.twitter.com/fdaFLGJyJA
— Matthew Ward (@HistoryNeedsYou) November 20, 2014 Indian Army soldiers caring for their horse in a veterinary hospital, Mesopotamia - #Iraq #WW1 image IWM pic.twitter.com/y85WISUGEw
— Matthew Ward (@HistoryNeedsYou) November 20, 2014 Chennai Super Kings
L/Corporal Venkatasami, #WW1 veteran of the Madras sappers. Photo taken in Egypt, 1919 See @sommecourt for more pic.twitter.com/GWInE9SYu4
— Matthew Ward (@HistoryNeedsYou) November 20, 2014 Nepali Gurkhas
Gurkha Lewis gunner in action in Mesopotamia - #Iraq 1916. #WW1 pic.twitter.com/bCErBXMcRm
— Matthew Ward (@HistoryNeedsYou) November 20, 2014 Indian lancers marching through #Palestine in 1918. #WW1 pic.twitter.com/6DjcnEiPzK
— Matthew Ward (@HistoryNeedsYou) November 20, 2014 Kings 11 Punjabis
Punjabis examining a shell splinter at Çanakkale/Gallipoli #WW1 pic.twitter.com/VgoxzITlAt
— Matthew Ward (@HistoryNeedsYou) November 19, 2014 Turkish Ottomans
Ottomans were building this railway line with German help which (TE)Laurence of Arabia was to destroy with the help of Arab tribes who rule from Jordan to Saudi Arabia today.
Ottoman soldiers constructing the Hejaz railway at Qal`at al Mu`azzam #SaudiArabia in 1908 Image: @RGS_IBG pic.twitter.com/lbNFK0NA4Y
— Matthew Ward (@HistoryNeedsYou) November 17, 2014 Opening celebration of the Hejaz railway in Aleppo #Syria in 1908 pic.twitter.com/KbPrbkfBgw
— Matthew Ward (@HistoryNeedsYou) November 17, 2014 Ottoman soldiers at prayer during the #Palestine campaign of #WW1 pic.twitter.com/1JmStMwpRE
— Matthew Ward (@HistoryNeedsYou) November 17, 2014 Five dapper Ottoman soldiers enjoying a cuppa. It might've been taken in #Palestine early in #WW1 pic.twitter.com/oBe4JSjTF2
— Matthew Ward (@HistoryNeedsYou) November 17, 2014 Graves of #WW1 Ottoman soldiers in #Palestine They were people just like us. Please remember them too. pic.twitter.com/1raiLYLJKx
— Matthew Ward (@HistoryNeedsYou) November 17, 2014 Ottoman Army in Mosul #Iraq - a battleground at the end of #WW1 and is again today. One day peace shall prevail pic.twitter.com/UwqwLfs918
— Matthew Ward (@HistoryNeedsYou) November 18, 2014 Splendid Ottoman officers in al-Quds #Palestine early C20th pic.twitter.com/qCpWjVD6qq
— Matthew Ward (@HistoryNeedsYou) November 18, 2014 Aleppo #Syria in 1905. Much of this great city now lies in ruins but it must be rebuilt in peace pic.twitter.com/njKvXAfZt1
— Matthew Ward (@HistoryNeedsYou) November 18, 2014 Travelling South on the Hejaz Railway in 1908 from #Syria to al-Madīnah pic.twitter.com/BAZ4M6S480
— Matthew Ward (@HistoryNeedsYou) November 21, 2014