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  • Sick and Dying: Man [Barratt] Sick with Tropical Ulcers and Fever, Three Days before Death, Thailand, 26 July 1943 Sick and Dying: Man [Barratt] Sick with Tropical Ulcers and Fever, Three Days before Death, Thailand, 26 July 1943

    (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham (artist) 1943-07-26

    image: A study of the head and shoulders of a sick and emaciated man lying in a bed. He is covered with a blanket, and his head is resting on a backpack.

  • Briefing model - Part of Juno & Sword Beaches (D-Day) Briefing model - Part of Juno & Sword Beaches (D-Day)

    (vehicles, aircraft and ships)

    Part of an incomplete British Second World War briefing model (scale of 1/5280) made in preparation for the invasion of Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944. The model comprises six sections, four of which cover the coastline from Berniers to La Breche, and...

  • Troops Embarking at Southampton for the Western Front, 1917 Troops Embarking at Southampton for the Western Front, 1917

    (art) Made by: Lavery, John (Sir) (RA) (RSA) 1917

    image: A view from the quayside at Southampton. More troops are boarding an already crowded dazzle-camouflaged ship via a ladder on the quayside. There are also several carts with horses, some of which are boarding the ship in the background.

  • Lord Louis Mountbatten at Rangoon Victory Parade : 15th June 1945 Lord Louis Mountbatten at Rangoon Victory Parade : 15th June 1945

    (art) Made by: Hennell, Thomas Barclay 1945-06-15

    image: A view looking across the parade ground. The ground is filled with troops and surrounded by spectators. Mountbatten and entourage are visible just left of centre. In the background, buildings and a pagoda are visible.

  • The Staff Train At Charing Cross Station 1918 The Staff Train At Charing Cross Station 1918

    (art) Made by: Hayward, Alfred 1918

    image: A large group of military personnel are gathered on a train platform in Charing Cross station, with a stationary train at the platform beside them. In the centre foreground stand two British Army commanders, Henry Rawlinson and Herbert Plumer, who...

  • The Suez Canal by Night The Suez Canal by Night

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-07-05

    image: a view of a large ship in the Suez Canal on a pitch black night, the scene only illuminated by a small searchlight beam from the deck of the ship onto a patch of water.

  • Sunday : Troopship, Whitsunday, 1917. Morning service on the promenade deck Sunday : Troopship, Whitsunday, 1917. Morning service on the promenade deck

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-05-01

    image: a large group of British soldiers and sailors stand on the covered promenade deck of a troopship during a morning Anglican service. All of the soldiers where lifejackets over their uniforms. To the left a man stands looking out to sea, wearing a...

  • Malta Malta

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-03-28

    image: a view from a troopship as it sails near the Maltese coast. In the foreground the open deck is full of British soldiers in uniform and pith helmets, with a small boat bearing two figures in the water immediately to the side of the ship. In the...

  • The Promenade Deck at Night The Promenade Deck at Night

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-03-28

    image: a view along the promenade deck of a troopship at night, with British soldiers asleep amongst blankets on the floor of the deck to the right. On the left a sentry stands with a rifle with his back to the sea, with other men standing by the...

  • A Concert A Concert

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-05-30

    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.

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