Item MM 92241 Photograph - Talking to Wounded in Ambulance, World War I, 1914-1918

Summary

From a photograph album created by Sergeant John Lord and documents his time in Egypt during World War I. 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

Unloading wounded soldiers from the Dardanelles outside the general hospital Alexandria. The ambulances are motorized and are canvas covered.Each ambulance has a large red cross symbol painted on its side. A man stands at the rear of one ambulance. He is in shirt sleeves and wears a pith helmet.

Physical Description

Black and white photographic print.