British troops on the way to Baghdad, First World War mb-code 2328964 Mortimer Street

Mortimer Street

That�s the verdict down in London's East End when chirpy Ann Dance gets up to her face-pulling tricks

Rows of ships are moored in the dock

with inns on either side

Zany comedian Marty Feldman seen here posing for the Daily Mirror at the Lime Grove studios just before his appearence on the Simon Dee Show

British troops on the way to Baghdad, First World War mb-code 2328964 Mortimer StreetBritish troops on the way to Baghdad, First World War, 1917, (c1920). The British under General Maude captured Baghdad in 1917. Then under the Ottoman Empire, Baghdad became part of the kingdom of Iraq created in 1921. Illustration from The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great European War 1914 1918, seventh edition, (The Swarthmore Press Ltd, London, c1920).