'The first casualty dumping a dead horse from a Transport'.
A photograph taken from the deck looking down and along the side of the tranport ship as a dead horse is winched over the side to be disposed of in the sea. A number of Indian solders can be seen leaning over the rails as the horse's body, suspended in a rope harness from a davit hook, is winched out over the side.
The photograph is captioned in white ink 'The first casualty dumping a dead horse from a Transport'.
Robert Wiles Simms joined the passenger/cargo ship Bandra (1913) at Glasgow on 4 March 1914 and departed for Bombay [Mumbai] on 12 March 1914. The ship was used during the war as a troop and horse transport ship.
The photograph is captioned in white ink 'The first casualty dumping a dead horse from a Transport'.
Robert Wiles Simms joined the passenger/cargo ship Bandra (1913) at Glasgow on 4 March 1914 and departed for Bombay [Mumbai] on 12 March 1914. The ship was used during the war as a troop and horse transport ship.
Object Details
| ID: | ALB0924.62 |
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| Type: | Photographic print |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Simms, Robert Wiles |
| Date made: | 1914-1915 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 72 mm x 69 mm |
| Parts: |
British India S.N.Co. - Bandra (1914) (Photograph album)
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