Item MM 92128 Photograph - Group of Men Standing in Front of Field Ambulance Wagons, Egypt, World War I, 1915-1916

Summary

Photograph in an album created by Sergeant John Lord documenting his time in Egypt during World War I, late 1915 to mid 1916. The album was created in a lined notebook/diary type book and John Lord completely filled the album with photographs. All of the photographs are numbered and in pencil he has written captions around many of the photographs. A few of the early photographs are dated 1915. Many of the photographs depict camps, local people, street scenes, fellow soldiers at rest, horses, ambulances, hospitals and camels.

Description of Content

A group of men, one shielding his eyes from the sun, are standing in front of a row of open-fronted Field Ambulance wagons. One has painted on its side a large red cross. This photograph is one of a pair, the other half showing feeding horses.