Item MM 92729 Photograph - Triptych Photograph of Camp A, North Gabarri, Egypt, World War I, 1915-1918

Summary

Triptych photograph of Camp A, North Gabarri, during World War I.

From an album of photographs taken during World War I in Egypt. The album was created by Sergeant John Lord and documents his time in Egypt. The album comprises a lined notebook/diary type book which 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

This is the middle photograph of a triptych of Camp A at Gabarri Alexandria. In the background are some sheds and what looks like the funnels of ships. In middle ground is a tall brick chimney. In left middle ground are serried rows of large round light-coloured tents with conical steeply pitched roofs. In right middle ground are 5 rows of horse drawn ambulances with Red Crosses on their side. On the extreme right is a double row of horses with horse 'rugs' over them.