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Description: | Loose prints relating to the activities of RFC and Army personnel in Palestine 1917-1918. Includes topographical shots, studies of RFC aircraft; post-action studies of Turkish positions at Gaza (after the 'stunt') December 1917; aerial shots - Jerusalem and Bethlehem. 10 items copied: grave of Bonar Law's son near Gaza, 1917; memorial to the capture of Sarona; British infantry entering Bethlehem; Turkish front line near Gaza, December 1917; burnt-out British tank near Gaza, December 1917; decorative ceiling of the German Hospice on the Mount of Olives; captured German Albatross Scout; captured German pilot with personnel of No 111 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, at Belah; the aerodrome at Jerusalem; 2/Air Mechanic Knowles receiving the Military Medal (MM) from General Allenby. Also included with the photographs is a newspaper cutting from The Daily Mirror, dated Tuesday 5 June 1917, showing photographs of the damage caused to the dispensary after a British hospital camp was bombed. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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