Description: | 12 prints and 79 photographic postcards relating to the service of Walter Herbert Hempshall in the RAMC in Africa and France during the First World War. This includes: portraits of Hempshall, scenes in Dar-es-Salaam including portraits of local people, scenes in Nairobi including portraits of a Masai and a Kikuyu warrior, views of Chania and Thika Falls and a view of the 3rd Battalion King's African Rifles on a route march, views of Table Mountain, several views of dead animals such as lions and leopards, views of Blackpool, views of St. Stephen's Green Park and the O'Connell Monument in Sackville Street, Dublin, views of bomb damaged Arras.
Also included is a tobacco tin containing items relating to an unknown soldier's service during the First World War. Included are a bullet, several pieces of shrapnel, part of a comb, a candle and a piece of paper with the words 'Hill 60' written on it. |