The Colonel & Colette at Yeshbum 2

The Colonel sometimes rambles on about his time with the Royal Camel Corps at Fort Yeshbum, so I thought that I might add a map reference for those unacquainted with the place (courtesy of Mr. & Mrs. Google).

And this is a recent photo of the city of Yeshbum taken by a local chap, a marvellous photographer of his native Yemeni land, a certain Mr. Yasser-M-Alwan.

Here's some of the Turkish camel forces the Colonel mentions in his 'Ballooning Over Arabia' tune.

Captured Turkish camel corps

And a photo of the Colonel with Colette and in camouflage when he was seconded to the Somaliland Camel Corps.

Somaliland c1898

Of course, this was a long time ago and the Colonel's memory gets a tad fuzzy these days as to who is who and when and what. What??!!