De begrafenis van generaal Stanley Maude

De begrafenis van luitenant-generaal Stanley Maude

General Maude stierf op 18 November 1917. Hij had cholera opgelopen door het drinken van besmette melk. Hij werd begraven net buiten de stadsmuren van Bagdad.

Disease, Command and Loss in Mesopotamia

The burial of Lieutenant-General Stanley Maude shows how the Mesopotamian campaign was shaped not only by battles, but also by disease and harsh local conditions. His death from cholera near Baghdad underlines the risks faced by military leaders as well as ordinary soldiers.