Route taken by British Soldier to India and Iraq (formerly Mesopotamia)

KOYLI Ernest Whitaker

Sheffield ( England )

Liverpool

Bay of Biscay

Gibraltar

Malta

Port Said and Suez Canal

Minden Day

1st August 1759 The Battle of Minden, North Germany in 1759

fought by the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

Gulf of Aden

Arabian Sea

Bombay

Rhow

Wellesley Barracks

Rhandwa

Alexandra docks

SS Barala

Karacher / Karachi

(photo taken around 1917)Quetta 

Karachi

SS Chakdina

Makina

Nasiriyah

Kidder

Samawah Wood

Iman Abdullah

Juttah

Rumaithia

Iman  Hamz/ya

Dwianiyah

Iman Hamyah

Kidder

British Base Depot Makina

Askar

SS Barala

Tigress

Persian Gulf

Arabian Sea

Bombay

Deolale

Alexandra docks Bombay

HM Brandenburg

Port Said

Malta

Gibraltar

Bay of Biscay

England

Southampton