The Somaliland Campaign, also called the Anglo-Somali War or the Dervish War, was a series of military expeditions that took place between 1900 and 1920 in modern-day Somalia. The British were assisted in their offensives by the Ethiopian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy.
Aerial bombardment of Dervish forts in Taleh in February 1920
One of the forts of the Majeerteen Sultanate in Hafun
Cavalry and fort belonging to the Sultanate of Hobyo
British camel troopers in 1913, between Berbera and Odweyne in British Somaliland.
General Sir Alexander Stanhope Cobbe was a senior British Indian Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
The Grave of General Sir Alexander Cobbe VC in Sharnbrook