British and Indian machine gunners with Vickers machine gun

Photograph of British and Indian machine gunners with a Vickers machine gun, Lewis gun and range-finder, 1917. By the end of 1918 the British had deployed 112, 000 combat troops in the Mesopotamia theatre. The vast majority of the British forces in this campaign were recruited from India. From one of five photograph albums compiled by Lt Kindom. Associated with 134th Coy Machine Gun Corps and 7th Meerut Division, World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918)

Albums Compiled Deployed Finder Gunners Kindom Majority Meerut Mesopotamia Recruited Vast

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