Colonel Newcombe and Railway Raiding Party
Lieutenant Colonel Newcombe (1878-1956) - A friend of T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) who served in the Second Boer War. At the end of 1916 he was appointed Cheif of the British Military Mission in the Hejaz and played a key role in the Arab Revolt. In 1917 Newcombe was captured by the Turks and was held a Prisoner of war but escaped and went into hiding in Constantinople. Pictured with the Railway Raiding Party - Ahmed (Suida) Aziz, Nurel Din and Abdu
Picture No
13992468
Media ID
48144908
Size
5000px x 3677px
(1.4MB)
Credit
(c)Imperial War Museum/Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans
Source
Robert Hunt Library
Date
Circa 1916
