5922777 A transport vessel at Basra, Mesopotamia, 1916 circa (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer, (20th century); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: A transport vessel at Basra, Mesopotamia, 1916 circa. Photograph, World War One, Mesopotamia, 1916 circa. Soldiers of an Indian Army unit stand on the deck of a transport ship as Indian and African lascars (sailors) look on. The British merchant fleet, like the Army, recruited extensively throughout the Empire. From a collection of 265 photographs compiled by Major W Leith-Ross, Indian Army Staff.); by National Army Museum ; out of copyright.