Item MM 92593 Photograph - Soldiers at Entrance of Catacombs, Alexandria, World War I, 1914-1918

Summary

From a photograph album was 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

One soldier stands and another crouches at the entrance of a hole in the side of a mound. The standing soldier has a pipe, the other a cigarette. The hole, it is said, leads to a catacomb.

Physical Description

Black and white photographic print.