Photograph album documenting the disembarkment of the horses and dromedaries of the Berkshire Royal Horse Artillery in Aden in July 1915. The Berkshire RHA was a Territorial Force Royal Horse Artillery battery that was formed in Berkshire in 1908. It saw active service during the World War I in the ...
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 128., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0028, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i21898935, BIB-ID: 2337820
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 134., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0034, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i21912968, BIB-ID: 2345365
In this picture the subject is posing for the photographer, looking into the camera., Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 142., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0042, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i2195110x, BIB-ID: 2346397
The woman in the photograph could be Gertrude Bell. Soon after obtaining her degree in 1898 she travelled many times in Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula and published her account of those experiences in numerous books. After the eruption of World War I, she was recruited by British Intelligenc ...
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 141., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0041, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i21939883, BIB-ID: 2345471
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 137., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0037, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i21939421, BIB-ID: 2345438
The place where the photograph was taken is likely to be either Barsa or al-Zubayr. One of the clobbers is looking right into the camera. The photographer established here a direct relationship with his subject; this approach, typical of modern street photography, highlights the different attitude o ...
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 136., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0036, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i21939330, BIB-ID: 2345434
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 143., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0043, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i21951172, BIB-ID: 2346399
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 140., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2013.0001-0040, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i21939779, BIB-ID: 2345446
