Collection: The British In Iraq - First Time Around: Lees, A T O lees-7-1-3-00061-64220
Description
Photograph of a line of tents and a small wooden building. The caption on the front, written by Lt Aubrey Lees, reads: "The Officers' mess, 2nd Cavalry, Nineveh." Part of a collection of photographs from Lees' time in Iraq.
Collection
The British In Iraq - First Time Around: Lees, A T O
Description
A collection of photographs relating the service of Lt Aubrey Trevor Oswald Lees in Iraq during the early 1920s, during the British mandate of the territory following the break up of the Ottoman Empire. Lees was employed under the Colonial Office with the Arab and Kurdish Levies in 1922; commanded…
Collection Terms & Categories
- War/Campaign/Operation: Peacetime
- Asia: Middle East
- Theme (Main): Cultures & Customs
- Theme (Main): Daily Life
- Theme (Main): Empire & Commonwealth
- Theme (Main): Ethics, Religion & Morality
- Theme (Main): Natural World
- Theme (Main): Travel & Exploration
- Subject: Animals & The Natural World
- Subject: Armoured Warfare
- Subject: Civilians & Civ-Mil Relations
- Subject: Communications
- Subject: Logistics
- Subject: Nation Building
- Subject: Naval, Sea & Ships
- Subject: Parades, Drills & Manoeuvres
- Subject: Peacekeeping
- Subject: Sport & Recreation
- Subject: Transport
- Item: Photographic (loose)
- Information: Visual
