Lt R H Brodie, 3 Mx, att 1st Mx, Nery, 1 Sept 1914. Mounted on a horse of 9th Uhlans, captured during the action when D Coy 1 Mx captured the 8 field guns and some of the escort. The weapons are 9mm carbine, sword, automatic pistol and field glasses. RWJ Smith, Major 15 VI 64
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NAM.2006-09-31-1
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Photograph: Lt R H Brodie, 3 Middlesex Regment, attached 1st Middx, Nery, 1 Sept 1914. Mounted on a horse of 9th Uhlans, captured during the action when D Coy 1 Middx captured the 8 field guns and some of the escort. The weapons are 9mm carbine, sword, automatic pistol and field glasses. RWJ Smith, Major 15 VI 64. One of three photographs relating to correspondence about the affair at Nery on 1 Sep 1914. Captioned and signed by Maj R W J Smith, the curator of the Middlesex Regiment Museum, 15 Jun 1964. Associated with the Battle of Nery, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918) 1914.
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Nery, Battle of, 1914 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)
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