Item MM 92225 Photograph - Field Ambulances Outside Alexandria Railway Station, 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

Ranks of wooden wagon field ambulances are pulled up outside the multi-arched Alexandria railway station. A large red cross emblem is painted on one side. Some soldiers are amongst the ambulances on horseback. In the street civilians are walking past. This photograph is a continuation of another view showing the many ambulances.