Item MM 92259 Photograph - Soldiers Loading Dead Horse Into Vehicle, World War I, circa 1915

Summary

Photograph from an album created by Sergeant John Lord documenting his time in Egypt during World War I. The album was created in a lined notebook/diary type book and John Lord completely filled the album with photographs. All of the photographs are numbered and in pencil he has written captions around many of the photographs. A few of the early photographs are dated 1915. Many of the photographs depict camps, local people, street scenes, fellow soldiers at rest, horses, ambulances, hospitals and camels.

Description of Content

A dead horse is being dragged by a rope into a covered vehicle by soldiers. Two men look on whilst another is in the vechicle giving a hand.

Physical Description

Black and white print.