Photographs relating to war service [PRG 1824/3] • Mixed material
A.E. Thiele.
Portrait photograph of Adelburt Thiele in uniform.
Soldier on battlefield.
A soldier poses for the camera on a severely damaged battlefield. Caption on back reads 'about August 1917'.
Group at Lewisham Military Hospital.
Patients, nurses and doctors pose for a photograph inside a ward at the Lewisham Military Hospital, London.
Postcard to Miss A. Thiele.
Image of cows grazing by a river, with a message on rear written to Miss A. Thiele of Croydon.
Postcard to Miss A. Thiele.
Image of cows grazing by a river, with a message on rear written to Miss A. Thiele of Croydon.
Postcard to Miss Thiele.
Postcard of a ship, with a short message written on rear to Miss Thiele of Croydon.
Postcard to Miss Thiele.
Postcard of a ship, with a short message written on rear to Miss Thiele of Croydon.
View towards Gaba Tepe.
View across mountainous terrain towards the sea. Caption on rear reads 'From Snipers Ridge looking towards Gaba Tepe.
Soldiers in camp.
Three soldiers in front of the tents of an army camp. One of the soldiers is cutting the hair of another.
Aerial view of pyramid.
Great Pyramid of Giza, taken from the air.
View from a Pyramid.
Elevated view of landscape and camps. Caption on rear reads 'View from top of Pyramid'.
Group of Egyptians.
Group of people wearing headscarves, seated near temporary buildings.
Egyptian ruins.
Part of a stone ruin with hieroglyphs. A soldier is standing behind the wall.
Soldier with Pyramids and Sphinx.
A soldier stands, supporting a bicycle, in front of the Sphinx and two Pyramids at Giza. Caption on rear reads 'From bottom left corner is a fine temple of granite'.
View of Saqqara.
Elevated view of stonework. A small cross has been drawn on to the photograph. Two captions on rear read 'Ruined temple with pyramid on left at Sakhara' and 'Cross indicates a shaft going down to tombs blocked by rubbish. Note 3 pyramids in distance. Underneath the cross[?] when entered from passage is an enormous heap of mummies perhaps 1000 or 2000 in a large passage way.
View of Saqqara.
Elevated view of stonework. A small cross has been drawn on to the photograph. Two captions on rear read 'Ruined temple with pyramid on left at Sakhara' and 'Cross indicates a shaft going down to tombs blocked by rubbish. Note 3 pyramids in distance. Underneath the cross[?] when entered from passage is an enormous heap of mummies perhaps 1000 or 2000 in a large passage way.
HMS Cornwallis in Suez Canal.
View of British Royal Navy ship HMS Cornwallis amongst other shipping. Caption on rear reads 'HMS Cornwallis in Suez Canal'.
HMS Cornwallis in Suez Canal.
View of British Royal Navy ship HMS Cornwallis. Caption on rear reads 'HMS Cornwallis in Suez Canal'.
Soldiers aboard train.
A group of soldiers in an open train carriage. Caption on rear reads 'Jan 1916 train Alexandria to Tel el Kabir'.
English cemetery at Ypres.
White crosses marking graves in a lawn cemetery at Ypres.
A street of ruins at Ypres.
Damaged buildings on a curve in a road in the city of Ypres, Belgium.
Damaged Cloth Hall and Cathedral, Ypres.
View of damaged buildings in the city of Ypres. Two captions on back read 'Cloth Hall + Cathedral' and 'Rue de Lille & Bloch Hall, Ypres'.
Damage to Albert Cathedral.
Severely damaged Basilique Notre-Dame de Brebieres in Albert, Somme, showing the famous statue of the Golden Virgin in a precarious position atop the tower.