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Description: | Photographs covering the service of Corporal Edward (Ted) Hawkins with 105th Combined Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, in Mesopotamia 1917-1918. Images include 105th Combined Field Ambulance camp at Nasiriyah; the hospital ward deck on Paddle Ambulance Steamer No.5 (PA5); a Star motor ambulance; Hospital River Sternwheeler steamer No.8 (HS8); Paddle Steamer PS50; a supply depot at Ashar Creek, Basra and a pontoon bridge over the River Euphrates at Nasiriyah. There are also photographs showing Ghurkhas making mud bricks; local craft (bellums) on Ashar Creek, Basra; the ruins of the Liquorice Factory at Kut viewed from the River Tigris; Ctesiphon Arch and Ezra's Tomb. Photographs not taken in Mesopotamia show the Deccan British War Hospital and a temple in Poona and RAMC men wearing PH Helmets during anti-gas drill (probably taken in the UK). The collection also includes a half-length portrait of Corporal Hawkins in RAMC uniform; a 1917 Christmas card bearing a photograph of Hawkins and two letters.
49 black and white photographic prints of various sizes (dimensions from: 65mm x 45mm to 115mm x 80mm), plus one photographic postcard bearing a portrait of Corporal Hawkins (dimensions: 90mm x 140mm). The collection also includes two letters written by Corporal Hawkins to his brother Arthur. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Mesopotamia 1914-1918 Middle East 1914-1918 Ottoman Empire British Army 1914-1918 Transport British Army Royal Army Medical Corps First World War Medical Services | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Unknown Photographer | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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