'Horses for the front'

A photograph of temporary stables on the deck of Bandra (1913) with horses inside. Two European soldiers in solar topees are tending to the horses.

The photograph is captioned in white ink 'Horses for the front'.

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.

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ID:	ALB0924.44
Type:	Photographic print
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Robert Wiles Simms
Date made:	1914-1915
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Frame: 60 mm x 97 mm
Parts:	British India S.N.Co. - Bandra (1914) (Photograph album) 'Horses for the front' (Photographic print) (ALB0924.44) 'The first casualty dumping a dead horse from a Transport'. (Photographic print) (ALB0924.62) 'Taking horses on board a Transport' (Photographic print) (ALB0924.84) 'Discharging a Camel up Persian Gulf' (Photographic print) (ALB0924.111) 'Elephants on deck S.S. Ederanna' (Photographic print) (ALB0924.161) 'Mongoose & snake fighting' (Photographic print) (ALB0924.181)

'Horses for the front'

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