World War I - Suez Canal
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Last time we saw that Britain had taken over Egypt in World War I to protect the Suez Canal, then invaded Palestine. But Palestine was a sideshow; Britain's main concern was the Suez Canal. Today we will look at troops from Britain and its colonies and dominions that were stationed at the Suez Canal.
Above, a photo from John Trevor Peat showing New Zealand cavalry troops bathing in the canal.
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Another photo from a New Zealand member of the Wellington Mounted Rifles showing troops swimming their horses in the canal.
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Australian troops bathing in the canal by Thomas John Richards, 1915-1916.
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Patrick Hamilton from Australia labeled this 1916 photo "water sports – the coolest place in the summer".
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Kantara (now El Qantara), Egypt: bathing in the Suez Canal, photo by a soldier from Edinburgh, Scotland, 1916.
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We end with another photo from our Edinburgh soldier at Kantara: skinny dipping in the Suez Canal, 1916.
4 comments:
I'm impressed by the large number of unashamed men.
Lots of jiggling penises on display. Soldiers minus their uniforms are so much more interesting.
No privacy as a military, the communal showers all walked in together and then exited the shower to dry, putting the wet towels in the laundry basket before walking to the bed and putting the uniform on.
The horses also seem to be naked.
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