Catastrophe at Kut

National Trust Christmas

20 October 7 pm - A story of the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry under seige in Great War Mesopotamia.

Just a simple town in Mesopotamia (now Iraq), between Basra and Baghdad, Kut al Amara was the site of one of the worst defeats in the British Army's history.

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Video stream live from 7pm, 20 October 2021. A 'Catch Up' version will be available shortly after the live event

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