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Description: | View of the embarkation point known as 'Ferry 1' at Shumran Bend on the River Tigris. From here pontoons carrying men of the 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, crossed the river soon after daybreak on 23 February 1917, as part of the covering force to secure the far bank and allow the construction of a pontoon bridge. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Mesopotamia 1914-1918 River Crossings Operations Norfolk Regiment 9th Gurkha Rifles 1st Battalion Ottoman Empire 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) British Army 1914-1918 British Army Land Warfare Indian Army First World War 2nd Battalion | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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