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51253: The capture of Jerusalem, 1917

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The Mayor of Jerusalem, Dr Hussein Salim al-Husseini (with walking-stick and cigarette), with his party under a white flag-of-truce, attempts to deliver the Turkish Governor's letter surrendering the city to Sergeants James Sedgwick and Frederick Hurcomb of 2/19th Battalion, the London Regiment, just outside Jerusalem's western limits in the early morning of 9 December 1917. The two sergeants, who were scouting ahead of General Allenby's main force, refused to take the letter, which was eventually accepted by Brigadier-General C F Watson, Commanding 180th Infantry Brigade. The resplendent figure at far left is Habj Abd al-Kadir, Chief of the Jerusalem Police Force.

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Identifier

1325.jpg | CXTIWMPHOTOS_Q_013213_B.jpg

Subject

Battle | Group | Middle East | Transport

Creator

Unknown

Date

9th December 1917

Temporal Date

09/12/1917

Spatial

Jerusalem, Israel

Source

Photograph

Medium

Photographic paper

Type

Photograph

Contributor

Everett Sharp

Rights

The Imperial War Museum

Collection ID

Q 13213

Repository Name

Imperial War Museum Photographic Archive

Repository Address

Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ, UK

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive

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