Item MM 92226 Photograph - Wounded Soldiers in Ambulance, Dardanelles, World War I, 1914-1918

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

Wounded soldiers sit inside an open-sided field ambulance. One has his arm in a sling, another his scalp is wrapped in bandages and so is carrying his cap. Most are smoking cigarettes.