NAM.1972-08-67-1-22

Stereoscopic photograph, The famous Gurkhas with their deadly kukrie near Neuve Chapelle, nd. From a collection of one hundred and one stereoscopic photographs in box one of two entitled ‘The Great War’ including the official series. With stereoscopic viewer. Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). Gurkha soldiers armed with fixed bayonets and kukri knifes push on through recently captured German positions during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March 1915. Over 100,000 Gurkhas fought in the First World War. As well as Neuve Chapelle, Gurkha battalions served at Loos, Givenchy and Ypres on the Western Front, and in Mesopotamia, Persia, Palestine and Gallipoli against the Turks.

World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)