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Description: | Portraits of British nurses at No.3 British General Hospital, Basra and No.33 British General Hospital, Makina, Mesopotamia. Also exterior view of the Sisters' Quarters and Surgical Wing and Operating Theatre at No.3 British General Hospital, which was located in the Sheikh of Mohammerah's palace on Ashar Creek. In addition there are photographs of nurses off-duty having picnics with officers, including a Lt Wilson of the 1/6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Nurses are also pictured on board the hospital ships MADRAS and VARELA and the troopship ROYAL GEORGE. Other vessels covered by the collection are: SS ARONDA, HMS PROSERPINE, the BASRA (Turkish steamer captured by HMS MOTH on the Tigris in March 1917), S3 (paddle hospital steamer - taking troops up the Euphrates), the Sheikh of Mohammerah's steam launch and HMS FIREFLY (including photographs of the Turkish nameplate on the ship's superstructure and 'Tiger' the ship's mascot dog). There are also photographs taken on board the gunboat HMS GREENFLY and a small number relating to the arrival of Royal Navy gunboats at Baghdad on 11 March 1917. Other images relating to the Mesopotamia Campaign include the 1/6th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment on a 36 mile route march, men of the 8th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers fording the River Diyala, the bridge of boats across the River Euphrates at Nasiriya, the British tented camp at Samawa on the Euphrates, Ezra's Tomb and Shaiba Fort.
The collection also features a number of photographs taken in India, probably when the owner of the album was on leave from Mesopotamia. These include nurses at picnics in the hills near Poona and in the Nainital United Provinces. There are also scenes covering visits to Bowali and Dilwara Temple (interior views) in Central India. Photographs of the Nainital United Provinces also show a polo match in progress, the Royal and Waverly Hotels and the Secretariat Building. On a medical theme there are photographs of a nurse on the front steps of Cumballa Military Hospital in Bombay and a view of the interior of the officers' ward at Colaba War Hospital, Bombay. Finally, the collection contains portraits of British army and Royal Navy officers in India and Mesopotamia, including: Lieutenant Keith Brown (III Indian Army Corps, Signal Company), Major Graham (8th Royal Welch Fusiliers), Captain Hirtzil (RFC), Surgeon Hewat (RN), Lieutenant E Holt (Indian Army Reserve of Officers), Captain Morris (Royal Army Medical Corps) and Captain W H Wood (Royal Army Medical Corps). | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Mesopotamia 1914-1918 Women at War 3 General Hospital Ottoman Empire British Army 1914-1918 Nursing British Army Casualties Rest and Recreation 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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