‘Baghdad’, 1917.
Photograph taken in central Baghdad, Iraq, in 1917 showing crowded rooftops, palm trees, and the minaret and dome of a mosque. Image collected by Lt Cecil Wotton Toovey, 9th Battalion Middlesex Regiment attached to the 82nd Punjab Regiment. Toovey had recently returned to Baghdad after recuperating in India following a serious illness. He was Company Commander and Adjutant and remained in Baghdad for 18 months before returning to India in March 1919.

From a photograph album of 139 images and one press cutting of India, Iraq, Waziristan, 1915-1939 (c), by Maj Gen C W Toovey MC, Middlesex Regiment and the 82nd Punjabis (later the 5/1st Punjab Regiment).