Summary

Photograph from an album was created by Sergeant John Lord and documents his time in Egypt. 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 team of horses are pulling a four wheel covered howitzer. A soldier rides on one of each pair of horses. Shirtsleeved soldiers wearing pith helmets walk behind the high-wheeled gun carriage. In the near foreground to our left is a row of cut lengths of firewood.

Physical Description

Black and white print.

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