A 'khamseen' at Kantara Art.IWMART1699
A 'khamseen' at Kantara image: a view down a central thoroughfare through a large military camp at Kantara. In the foreground a British soldier and an Arab soldier stand beside an open-topped motor car parked a... More
A Barrel Bridge on the Jordan - the barrel pier bridge at Ghoraniyeh A...
A Barrel Bridge on the Jordan - the barrel pier bridge at Ghoraniyeh image: a landscape view of Royal Engineers working on the construction of a temporary wooden bridge across the River Jordan. In the right for... More
A Concert Art.IWMART1408 - Egypt
A Concert image: a view of the covered promenade deck on a troopship completely full of British soldiers and, in the immediate foreground, nurses, who are watching a concert performance in the background left.
A Desert Sentry - one of the Lancers on the listening post Art.IWMART1...
A Desert Sentry - one of the Lancers on the listening post image: an Indian Army Lancer on sentry duty in the desert, lying on the ground on his front with his rifle in firing position. He wears uniform and a s... More
A Dressing-station Art.IWMART1452
A Dressing-station image: two medical personnel tend to a wounded British soldier, who lies on a stretcher with his head bandaged and his left arm in a splint. One man kneels on the right, tending to the soldie... More
A Fallen Aeroplane at Semakh Art.IWMART1590
A Fallen Aeroplane at Semakh image: the remains of a biplane lie on flat, arid ground with a few bell tents of a military camp in the distance to the right. The plane leans forward with the nose in the ground, ... More
A Fighting Emir- Mohammed Ali-el-mauyed El Aden. Aged 65 Art.IWMART156...
A Fighting Emir- Mohammed Ali-el-mauyed El Aden. Aged 65 image: a half length portrait of an old Emir wearing a blue robe and white headdress. He has a thick white beard and has his left hand placed on the hilt... More
A Filtering Plant - water is taken from the Sweetwater Canal, which fl...
A Filtering Plant - water is taken from the Sweetwater Canal, which flows from the Nile, and after being filtered is pumped across the desert. the engineer examines the water in the glass tube. image: a view do... More
A Freight of Pain - on the way to the hospital at Port Said Art.IWMART...
A Freight of Pain - on the way to the hospital at Port Said image: several wounded soldiers and attending personnel lie and sit on the deck of a boat on the way to hospital at Port Said. To the right four men l... More
A Hospital Ward - a dysentery ward of the General Hospital at Port Sai...
A Hospital Ward - a dysentery ward of the General Hospital at Port Said image: a view of the interior of a large hospital ward crowded with many white-linened beds, most occupied by recuperating soldiers. Two f... More
A Listening Post in the Desert - Indian Lancers Art.IWMART1437
A Listening Post in the Desert - Indian Lancers image: in a bleak desert landscape, two soldiers are kneeling with their rifles, and kit between them. To the right, another soldier is lying on his front in the ... More
A Mess Cook - the Egyptian cook of No 10 Mess, at General Headquarters...
A Mess Cook - the Egyptian cook of No 10 Mess, at General Headquarters image: a half length portrait of an Egyptian cook wearing blue robes and standing beside some form of oven.
A Metalled Road, Homs-tripoli Art.IWMART1697
A Metalled Road, Homs-tripoli image: two labourers at work on a road that runs away into the distance. The road consists of three ruts running in parallel lines in the earth. Further back is a column of militar... More
A Military Road Art.IWMART1524 during World War I
A Military Road image: a column of British infantry march along a newly laid road in Palestine, which runs across the composition. The road is made of a thick layer of stone that has been laid on top of the exi... More
A Morning Mist Art.IWMART1436 during World War I
A Morning Mist image: a view over a desert scene in the morning mist. The sun shines through, weakened by the mist. An Australian soldier strides across the scene from left to right. A herd of camels are visib... More
A Night Syce Art.IWMART1431 during World War I
A Night Syce image: a threequarter figure portrait of a local Egyptian man standing in a stable, with three horses grazing behind.
A Petrol Dump at Tripoli Art.IWMART1706
A Petrol Dump at Tripoli image: an Indian Army stands before a large dump of white petrol canisters, with a few men of the Egyptian Labour Corps busy collecting and stacking canisters. The dump is immediately i... More
A Pumping Station Art.IWMART1423
A Pumping Station image: a British Army military policemen, wearing khaki shorts and pith helmet, stands beside a checkpoint hut at the entrance to a water pumping station. Behind him is a building, with a bell... More
A Punjab Sentry, Arsuf Art.IWMART1570
A Punjab Sentry, Arsuf image: a half length portrait of an Indian Army infantryman on sentry duty in the desert. He has his pack on his back and wears a steel helmet with an extended piece of material covering ... More
A Punjabi, Arsuf Art.IWMART1571
A Punjabi, Arsuf image: a full length portrait of an Indian Army infantryman sitting on the ground in the desert. He wears a steel helmet with a piece of material attached, covering the back of his head and nec... More
A Refugee Camp - Armenian refugees at Port Said Art.IWMART1426
A Refugee Camp - Armenian refugees at Port Said image: a view of the coastline at Port Said. In the right foreground are two men, with another figure in the water nearby. Beyond them a ship has moored up by the... More
A Road Officer - a heavy battery changing position at night in open gr...
A Road Officer - a heavy battery changing position at night in open ground near the line. the Road Officer. image: a British officer stands directly behind the rear of a tractor used to move heavy artillery gun... More
A Sale of Horses - captured Turkish ponies were sold at a remount dep'...
A Sale of Horses - captured Turkish ponies were sold at a remount dep't image: a few British soldiers and officers stand in the foreground around a horse that is in the process of being sold. Two officers and a... More
A Sentry - Samuel William Salmond, carman, of Peckham, on duty Art.IWM...
A Sentry - Samuel William Salmond, carman, of Peckham, on duty image: a half length portrait of a British soldier on sentry duty. He is wearing his greatcoat with the collar up against the chill of the desert i... More
A Station on the Railway Art.IWMART1441
A Station on the Railway image: a desert landscape; on the left a train on a railway track and seated figures, on the right mounted figures, tents and sheds.
A Transport entering Port Said - Early morning. the liner coming up to...
A Transport entering Port Said - Early morning. the liner coming up to the anchorage. image: a view from the harbour side of a large transport ship entering Port Said, preceded by a Royal Navy destroyer. The sc... More
A Turkish Sniper Art.IWMART1522
A Turkish Sniper image: in the centre there is a side view of a prisoner of war, a Turkish sniper, seated dejectedly on the ground. Beyond him a soldier stands by a horse, and several figures beyond him. In the... More
A Veterinary Hospital Art.IWMART1428
A Veterinary Hospital image: a man, who appears to be wearing a British vet's gown, sits on a wooden crate on a balcony, looking out over six long and open-sided huts in a semi-arid landscape. The buildings are... More
A View from Hama Citadel Art.IWMART1694
A View from Hama Citadel image: a view from an elevated position across the city of Hama and the surrounding desert landscape. In the foreground are the domed roofs of mosques, a minaret, and numrous houses and... More
A View of Kantara Art.IWMART1702
A View of Kantara image: a view across the Suez canal, with a bridge to the right. On the far side is a view over the city of Kantara with a row of local boats at the waterside. On the nearside stand a few mili... More
Aleppo Station - the station was burnt and the stores rendered valuele...
Aleppo Station - the station was burnt and the stores rendered valueless. Armoured motor-cars are in the buildings to the left. image: two railway tracks run away into the distance, with stacked rails, sleepers... More
An Artillery Observer - a young officer observing the effect of the sh...
An Artillery Observer - a young officer observing the effect of the shells of his battery. the results of fire are telephoned back to the guns, some miles behind. image: a young British artillery officer stands... More
An Inspection of Scottish Troops at Sheikh Shabassi - the March Past. ...
An Inspection of Scottish Troops at Sheikh Shabassi - the March Past. on the 30th October, 1917, men who were to participate in the attack on Gaza were inspected by the Divisional General image: a column of Sco... More
An Inspection of the Scottish Rifle Brigade - on the 30th October, 191...
An Inspection of the Scottish Rifle Brigade - on the 30th October, 1917, men who were to participate in the attack on Gaza that night were inspected by the Divisional General image: a mass of Scottish infantrym... More
An Oven - the bread for the front is baked at the base Art.IWMART1416
An Oven - the bread for the front is baked at the base image: three men of the British Army Service Corps stand before a huge oven, with a large tray full of loaves of bread to the right.
Anti-aircraft Art.IWMART2947 during World War I
Anti-aircraft image: a landscape view of two anti-aircraft batteries on raised platforms, manned by groups of soldiers; to the left a soldier takes sightings, while to the right are trees and tents.
Armenian Refugees making Fly-nets Art.IWMART1427
Armenian Refugees making Fly-nets image: a female Armenian refugee is shown in left profile making a fly-net in the immediate foreground. She wears a white dress and white headscarf, her dark hair tied in a pon... More
Arsuf - the cavalry dash along the sea coast on the morning of the 19t...
Arsuf - the cavalry dash along the sea coast on the morning of the 19th September 1918 image: A column of British cavalry moves along a sandy beach that is flanked by rocky cliffs.
Arsuf- An Observation Post - a Roman ruin on the sea coast Art.IWMART1...
Arsuf- An Observation Post - a Roman ruin on the sea coast image: a British soldier lies on his front on the ground within a Roman ruin, being utilised as an observation post. To the left is a view of the coast... More
Australian Engineers excavating a Well Art.IWMART1547
Australian Engineers excavating a Well image: two Australian Army engineers at work in a trench immediately before a narrow slit in the side of a brick-built well. A pick lies on the ground to the right.
Australian Light Horse at Damascus Art.IWMART1561
Australian Light Horse at Damascus image: two men of the Australian Light Horse sit on their horses with full kit on a street in Damascus. Both are shown side on with their rifles holstered directly behind thei... More
Australian Light Horse at Damascus Art.IWMART1562
Australian Light Horse at Damascus image: five troopers of the Australian Light Horse sit slumped on a wooden bench in the shade next to the wall of a building. To the right numerous horses are grazing on the f... More
Australians - the orderly hands the officer a telegram from the signal...
Australians - the orderly hands the officer a telegram from the signal station near, and waits image: an Australian Army officer, shown in left profile, sits at a table with a telegram in his hands. Beside him ... More
Baalbec - engineers removing the Kaiser's commemoration stone from the...
Baalbec - engineers removing the Kaiser's commemoration stone from the Temple of Apollo image: British Royal Engineers at work on an ancient stone temple. Three engineers stand on the ground at the foot of a ta... More
Bacteria - in the laboratory of a field hospital the London specialist...
Bacteria - in the laboratory of a field hospital the London specialist and his assistant examine the contents of a test tube image: a British doctor sits on a stool at a long table in a laboratory, holding up a... More
Baking Native Bread Art.IWMART1417
Baking Native Bread image: a view of a large room in which Egyptian cooks are in the process of kneading and baking bread. They work at long benches containing large sink-like recesses, within which the dough i... More
Beersheba- the Imperial Camel Corps Marching on Gaza Art.IWMART1681
Beersheba- the Imperial Camel Corps Marching on Gaza image: troops of the Imperial Camel Corps move through the desert, creating a cloud of sand and dust as they go. A minaret is just visible on the horizon to the right.
Blowing Up an Ammunition Dump near Samaria Art.IWMART1589
Blowing Up an Ammunition Dump near Samaria image: a huge blast illuminates a dark landscape; in the foreground are the small silhouetted figures of British soldiers, while in the distance to the left a train mo... More
Bogged on the Aleppo Road Art.IWMART1709
Bogged on the Aleppo Road image: two British soldiers stand beside a motor car that has become bogged down in the rutted and muddy Aleppo road, presumably during rainy season. Both men wear coats and are the on... More
Building a Sea Wall - the Egyptian Labour Corps Art.IWMART1459
Building a Sea Wall - the Egyptian Labour Corps image: a party of men of the Egyptian Labour Corps are busy constructing a sea wall on a beach, supervised by a British officer wearing pith helmet, shorts and wh... More
By the Ouse Again - Hospital Ship 'indiana' Art.IWMART1433
By the Ouse Again - Hospital Ship "indiana" image: in the immediate foreground a young boy lies on a stretcher with his arms by his side on the deck of a hospital ship, his eyes looking to the right. Beside him... More
Cacolets- Wounded being Conveyed over the Hill of Judaea to the Casual...
Cacolets- Wounded being Conveyed over the Hill of Judaea to the Casualty Clearing Station in Covered-in Stretchers (cacolets) on the Backs of Camels image: A camel train moving along an extremely narrow ledge o... More
Camel Transport Corps Art.IWMART1599
Camel Transport Corps image: two men wearing blue smocks, white caps and water flasks stand either side of a camel lying on the ground.
Cavalry in the Coastal Sector Art.IWMART1555
Cavalry in the Coastal Sector image: two large columns of Australian cavalry stream down the gentle slope of a hill. The column to the right is preceded by a soldier on a motorcycle and horse drawn carts, while... More
Christmas Eve, Bethlehem - Franciscan monks ringing the bells at midni...
Christmas Eve, Bethlehem - Franciscan monks ringing the bells at midnight in the Church of the Nativity image: three bearded Franciscan monks pull ropes to ring the bells in the tower of the Church of the Nativ... More
Coaling Art.IWMART1412 during World War I
Coaling image: numerous Egyptian dock workers load up crates of coal onto a large transport ship through an open doorway. In the immediate foreground two workers stand with shovels amongst coal on an open-topped barge.
Convalescents at Mahemdia Hospital Art.IWMART2949
Convalescents at Mahemdia Hospital image: six convalescing soldiers sit and stand on a sandy beach at Mahemdia, looking out to sea. A rowing boat sits on the sand amongst them, with a British Red Cross life rin... More
Debris - a street in Gaza Art.IWMART1521
Debris - a street in Gaza image: an extensive mound of stones and debris litter a street in Gaza, bordered by heavily damaged buildings on either side. In the background is a tall, angular shard of a wall, the ... More
Distant Drum-fire Art.IWMART2942
Distant Drum-fire image: a British position behind the front line at night, with the distance illuminated by the large flashes of artillery fire. To the left is a net covered emplacement, with a line of tents t... More
Dug-outs Art.IWMART1443 - Drawing. Public domain image.
Dug-outs image: a British soldier, possibly an officer, sits within the shadowed shelter of a dug-out in the arid desert. He sits in the left dug-out in a series, all constructed from sandbags and dug into a sa... More
Egyptian Labour Corps, repairing the Nebi Musa Road Art.IWMART1684
Egyptian Labour Corps, repairing the Nebi Musa Road image: a view along the Nebi Musa road, which runs through a narrow mountain pass. To the left of the road is a steep gully, within which men of the Egyptian ... More
Emir Sherif Feisal, 3rd Son of the King of the Hedjaz, Commander-in-ch...
Emir Sherif Feisal, 3rd Son of the King of the Hedjaz, Commander-in-chief of the Arab Army, Damascus, 1918 image: A half-length portrait of Feisal in Arab dress.
Engineers repairing the Railway near Homs Art.IWMART1587
Engineers repairing the Railway near Homs image: in a flat landscape, three British engineers are working on the right hand one of two railway tracks. On the left a group of four locals stand or sit and observe... More
Extended caption- 'A gigantic Abyssinian negro, his kit consisting of ...
extended caption: 'A gigantic Abyssinian negro, his kit consisting of innumberable weapons of all epochs, from the Saracenic scimitar to the latest Mauser automatic. image: A three quarter length portrait of an... More
Extended caption- A Jewish colony in the Damascus road, north of Lake ...
extended caption: A Jewish colony in the Damascus road, north of Lake of Tiberias. Australian horsemen buying grapes and bread. image: A view along a tree-lined road with a column of mounted troops moving into ... More
Extended caption- A scene of great animation. Picturesque riders comin...
extended caption: A scene of great animation. Picturesque riders coming and going, mounting and dismounting, with the haste and seriousness befitting staff officers, before admiring eyes of gathered Damascenes.... More
Extended caption- Australians galloping along the Beyrout Road, which ...
extended caption: Australians galloping along the Beyrout Road, which close to the town runs parallel with the Kuneitra road. It was strewn with wrecked transports and abandoned guns. image: a view of a column... More
Extended caption- Near Dumar Stations, on the outskirts of Damascus, a...
extended caption: Near Dumar Stations, on the outskirts of Damascus, a Turkish column was escaping by the Beyrout road, which winds through the gorge alongside the Abana river. When word was brought to the Aust... More
Extended caption- The ecclesiastical and civil dignitaries are being p...
extended caption: The ecclesiastical and civil dignitaries are being presented to the Commander-in-Chief. He is shaking hands with the mayor of the city image: To the right stand a group of ecclesiastical and c... More
Extended caption- Water in 'fantasies' is conveyed to the men in the t...
extended caption: Water in 'fantasies' is conveyed to the men in the trenches by the transport of Abraham's time image: The scene of a large camel train taking rest in the desert. Each camel is loaded with cont... More
Fighting across the Jordan - an attack on Shunet Nimrin Art.IWMART1539
Fighting across the Jordan - an attack on Shunet Nimrin image: a view from high ground across the Jordan valley. The river meanders across the composition in the middle distance, with a swathe of greenery borde... More
French Warships in Beyrout Harbour Art.IWMART1693
French Warships in Beyrout Harbour image: a view from the quayside at Beirut, with civilians and two Egyptian soldiers looking out to three French warships moored in the harbour
Frozen Meat - meat from Australia is being checked by the Asc and load...
Frozen Meat - meat from Australia is being checked by the Asc and loaded into the ice tanks, which will be conveyed by lighter and rail to the front image: a night scene with a man of the British Army Service C... More
Gaza - the shells on the left are bursting on El Arish Redoubt Art.IWM...
Gaza - the shells on the left are bursting on El Arish Redoubt image: a view from the slot of an observation post at shells exploding over Gaza. There are two large explosions on the far left and another two on... More
General Allenby and General Bailleul watching the bombardment of Gaza ...
General Allenby and General Bailleul watching the bombardment of Gaza from Raspberry Hill image: two Generals, including commander of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force Edmund Allenby, stand at an observation pos... More
General Cox Art.IWMART1685 - Public domain photogrpaph
General Cox image: a head and shoulders portrait of Australian Brigadier-General Charles Cox in uniform. He wears a peaked cap and has a large white moustache. His medal ribbons are clearly visible on his chest.
General Headquarters, Bir Salem - from the Camp Commandant's office Ar...
General Headquarters, Bir Salem - from the Camp Commandant's office image: a view of the military camp and GHQ at Bir Salim. In the left foreground is the frontage of the camp commandant's office, with a man on... More
General Shea - Commanding the 60th Division, 1918 Art.IWMART1575
General Shea - Commanding the 60th Division, 1918 image: a half length portrait of Major-General John Shea in uniform, wearing a monocle and peaked cap, and with a moustache.
General Sir Edmund Allenby Kcb - 1918 Art.IWMART1552
General Sir Edmund Allenby Kcb - 1918 image: a head and shoulders portrait of General Sir Edmund Allenby in uniform, wearing his peaked cap and with a moustache.
General Sir Edmund Allenby Kcb Art.IWMART1554
General Sir Edmund Allenby Kcb image: a head and shoulders portrait of General Sir Edmund Allenby in uniform, depicting him in left profile and without a hat, showing his partially bald head.
General Sir Edmund Allenby, Kcb Art.IWMART1553
General Sir Edmund Allenby, Kcb image: A half-length portrait of Allenby in full uniform.
General Sir Walter Campbell Kcmg Cb Dso, 1918 Art.IWMART1700
General Sir Walter Campbell Kcmg Cb Dso, 1918 image: a head and shoulders portrait of General Sir Walter Campbell in uniform. He wears a peaked cap and has a moustache.
Ghoraniyeh - the remains of the old bridge across the Jordan, burnt by...
Ghoraniyeh - the remains of the old bridge across the Jordan, burnt by the Turks image: a sentry stands on a bank of the River Jordan where a bridge once crossed the river. All that remains of the bridge are ru... More
Gilgal. Esdraelon Art.IWMART1688
Gilgal. Esdraelon image: a column of mounted troops moves across the composition from left to right, with the carcass of a crashed biplane in the right foreground. There are a few buildings to the left and a st... More
Guarding Jisr Mujimie Bridge Art.IWMART1698
Guarding Jisr Mujimie Bridge image: a view of the old arched stone bridge, Jisr Mujimie, crossing the River Jordan. To the right of the bridge is an old stone building with a gathering of British soldiers and h... More
Haifa Art.IWMART1707 during World War I
Haifa image: a view of a British military camp on the beach near Haifa. In the foreground a rutted track in the sand leads up to a small bridge crossing a narrow river mouth. A man on the back of a camel leans ... More
Hama Art.IWMART1580 during World War I
Hama image: a view of a town square in Hama, Syria. In the foreground and to the right are groups of Arab men dressed in robes, their camels kneeling on the ground to the right. All of them stand facing two mil... More
Heroes - in the stokeholds of the Mercantile Marine Art.IWMART1409
Heroes - in the stokeholds of the Mercantile Marine image: a subterranean view of stokers at work below deck on a ship, with three men shovelling coal into small, fiery openings that illuminate their faces and ... More
Hodson's Horse at Aleppo - encamped about a mile from the town, on the...
Hodson's Horse at Aleppo - encamped about a mile from the town, on the Alexandretta Road image: troopers of the Indian Army cavalry unit Hodson's Horse stand and sit amongst tents on the outskirts of Aleppo in ... More
Holy Communion - the Quartermasters Office in the stern Art.IWMART1402
Holy Communion - the Quartermasters Office in the stern image: a scene inside the Quartermaster's office in a cabin onboard a troopship. A padre performs a holy communion ceremony, standing before an improvised... More
Indian Prisoners escaped from the Turks Art.IWMART1583
Indian Prisoners escaped from the Turks image: three Indian men, previously prisoners of Turkish forces, sit on the ground on a small earth mound. Behind them to the right an Indian Army trooper stands before s... More
Inside Acre Art.IWMART1692 during World War I
Inside Acre image: a few horses and troops stand outside old buildings in a town. The top of the outer city wall is on the right, forming a wide sandy street. A white minaret is visible in the distance.
James McBey. Acre. horses and troops stand outside old buildings in a ...
A few horses and troops stand outside old buildings in a town. The top of the outer city wall is on the right, forming a wide sandy street. A white minaret is visible in the distance.
Jericho- a Shell from 'jericho Jane' - a Turkish long-range gun concea...
Jericho- a Shell from 'jericho Jane' - a Turkish long-range gun concealed across the Jordan image: a view down a street in Jericho. There is a large shellhole in the ground in the immediate foreground and a she... More
Jisr Benat Yakub Art.IWMART1559
Jisr Benat Yakub image: a troop of Indian Lancers allowing their horses a drink of water on a riverbank. A road leads from the riverbank in the foreground, around and across an arched stone bridge before moving... More
Jisr Mujimie Bridge Art.IWMART1592
Jisr Mujimie Bridge image: a view of an old stone bridge that arches over a river with rocky banks. A column of mounted troops has just passed over the bridge and moves on towards a narrow gap in a range of gre... More
Kantara East. the Officers' Train Art.IWMART1701
Kantara East. the Officers' Train image: a view of a station at Kantara in Egypt after dark. Several soldiers and officers are gathered by the raised platform, with one man carrying a large bundle. Further back... More
Kantara. Morning Art.IWMART1420
Kantara. Morning image: a view of a column of British troops marching across a bridge at Kantara. The water of the Suez Canal fills the foreground, with the bridge to the left. A man riding on a camel follows ... More
Katia Art.IWMART1504 - Public domain dedication image
Katia image: a landscape with a conical roofed building in the right foreground, and a clump of palm trees to the right
Katia Big Tree Art.IWMART1505 - Egypt
Katia Big Tree image: a group of men and camels have clustered near to a large tree in an arid desert landscape. Behind them is a ruined wall, with further trees in the background.