Jilu Assyrian recruits drilled at Hamadan for the Urmia Brigade

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Jilu Assyrian recruits drilled at Hamadan for the Urmia Brigade

Place
Hamadan · today Iran
Date
1918

Rows of Assyrian Christian men from Jilu, many in torn clothes and felt caps, stand on parade at Hamadan while British NCOs drill them for service with the Urmia Brigade, August 1918. Photographed by Ariel Varges for the British Ministry of Information.

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Source

Wikimedia Commons (copy of Imperial War Museums Q 25013, Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection)

Ariel Varges · Wikimedia Commons license: Public domain ({{PD-UKGov}})