The albums were compiled by Lieutenant A. K. G. Hogg during his service in British India and the Arabian Gulf between 1910 and 1914 under the... Show moreThe albums were compiled by Lieutenant A. K. G. Hogg during his service in British India and the Arabian Gulf between 1910 and 1914 under the British army. Photographs include views of the cities, harbours and nearby places, images of everyday life of the army and of the locals. There are various portraits of the Lieutenant and of his comrades. Vol. 1: At Karachi -- Ditto [sic] -- At Kala Kothi -- A.K.G.H -- At Tatta -- At Charula -- SRB -- Muscat -- Castle Muscat -- At Muscat -- Ba ra la -- Residency Muscat -- Straw at Muscat; vol. 2: Barrackpore. 1st June 1913 -- Lunch at Barrackpore. 1st June 1913 -- Mahommerah -- Bushire coolie 1914 -- In Persian Gulf 1914 -- S.S. “Ekbatana” in Shat-el-Arab River -- 2nd officer “Caledonia” -- 3rd officer Caledonia -- In bungalow compound -- At Bushire 1914 -- Bushire Custom House 1914 -- Thrashing board Bushire 1914 -- Public gallows Bushire 1914 -- Bahrein. Date and place of production from the item. Title devised by Library staff. Some photographs have manuscript captions. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2014.0028.01 2-D Graphic vol.1 Item-ID: i22091488 BIB-ID: 2364004 Show less
The albums were compiled by Lieutenant A. K. G. Hogg during his service in British India and the Arabian Gulf between 1910 and 1914 under the... Show moreThe albums were compiled by Lieutenant A. K. G. Hogg during his service in British India and the Arabian Gulf between 1910 and 1914 under the British army. Photographs include views of the cities, harbours and nearby places, images of everyday life of the army and of the locals. There are various portraits of the Lieutenant and of his comrades. Vol. 1: At Karachi -- Ditto [sic] -- At Kala Kothi -- A.K.G.H -- At Tatta -- At Charula -- SRB -- Muscat -- Castle Muscat -- At Muscat -- Ba ra la -- Residency Muscat -- Straw at Muscat; vol. 2: Barrackpore. 1st June 1913 -- Lunch at Barrackpore. 1st June 1913 -- Mahommerah -- Bushire coolie 1914 -- In Persian Gulf 1914 -- S.S. “Ekbatana” in Shat-el-Arab River -- 2nd officer “Caledonia” -- 3rd officer Caledonia -- In bungalow compound -- At Bushire 1914 -- Bushire Custom House 1914 -- Thrashing board Bushire 1914 -- Public gallows Bushire 1914 -- Bahrein. Date and place of production from the item. Title devised by Library staff. Some photographs have manuscript captions. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2014.0028.02 2-D Graphic vol.2 Item-ID: i2209149x BIB-ID: 2364004 Show less
Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps, Armies--Officers, Armies--Officers--Photographs, Railroads, World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns, World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Arab countries--Palestine
Photograph albums belonging to the British medical officer Edward Guest, who served in the 2/1st East Anglian Field Ambulance, part of the 54th... Show morePhotograph albums belonging to the British medical officer Edward Guest, who served in the 2/1st East Anglian Field Ambulance, part of the 54th Division’s Royal Army Medical Corps in the Territorial Force. The first album is titled “photographs of the Suez Canal Zone. April 1916 to Xmas 1916”; the second “contains views of the advance made by the British across the Sin[ai] desert into Palestine 1917–18”. Among the diverse subjects are: the Canal and its environs, the officers and men of the Field Ambulance, railways, trenches, fortifications, and tent camps (with scenes of camp life), an Indian camel corps and transport camels used as ambulances, fishing from pontoon bridges, as well as views of the desert, an expedition into Sinai, shell-shocked men in Gaza, the ruins of shelled buildings, soldiers laying telegraph wires (by camel) and making a railway cutting, a railway accident, a cannon captured from the Turkish army, irrigation pumps and vegetation in Palestine. Portraits of local men and women, market scenes and merchants, grilling camel flesh. Ultimately, street scenes in Jerusalem, views of the Old City, of the Mosque of Omar, and Jericho. Title and date from item. Photographs, mostly 6 x 8 cm, are set in window pages (square and round ones) and generally manuscript captioned in white and yellow paint. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0228.02 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25174496 BIB-ID: 2624725 Show less
Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps, Armies--Officers, Armies--Officers--Photographs, Railroads, World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns, World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Arab countries--Palestine
Photograph albums belonging to the British medical officer Edward Guest, who served in the 2/1st East Anglian Field Ambulance, part of the 54th... Show morePhotograph albums belonging to the British medical officer Edward Guest, who served in the 2/1st East Anglian Field Ambulance, part of the 54th Division’s Royal Army Medical Corps in the Territorial Force. The first album is titled “photographs of the Suez Canal Zone. April 1916 to Xmas 1916”; the second “contains views of the advance made by the British across the Sin[ai] desert into Palestine 1917–18”. Among the diverse subjects are: the Canal and its environs, the officers and men of the Field Ambulance, railways, trenches, fortifications, and tent camps (with scenes of camp life), an Indian camel corps and transport camels used as ambulances, fishing from pontoon bridges, as well as views of the desert, an expedition into Sinai, shell-shocked men in Gaza, the ruins of shelled buildings, soldiers laying telegraph wires (by camel) and making a railway cutting, a railway accident, a cannon captured from the Turkish army, irrigation pumps and vegetation in Palestine. Portraits of local men and women, market scenes and merchants, grilling camel flesh. Ultimately, street scenes in Jerusalem, views of the Old City, of the Mosque of Omar, and Jericho. Title and date from item. Photographs, mostly 6 x 8 cm, are set in window pages (square and round ones) and generally manuscript captioned in white and yellow paint. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0228.01 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25174435 BIB-ID: 2624725 Show less