Sultan Hussein Kamel of Egypt, and WW1 poem

A portrait of Sultan Hussein Kamel of Egypt (1853-1917), who ruled from 1914-1917, during the British protectorate. On either side of him is a poem by Sidney Low, entitled The Martyrs, mourning the deaths of civilians in the German bombardment of Hartlepool, Whitby and Scarborough on 16 December 1914, during the First World War

Bombardment Deaths Hartlepool Hussein Kamel Martyrs Poem Protectorate Scarborough Whitby

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