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• Mont St Eloi

  (art) Made by: Nash, Paul 1917

  image: a scene showing the ruins of the church at Mont St Eloi. The figures of lifeless trees dominate the foreground, and there is a soldier standing on the hill to the left. He appears to be looking out at the brilliant sun that beams down over the...

• 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.

• In the Jungle - Self Portrait, Konyu, Thailand Jungle, July 1943

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

  image: A self portrait showing the artist in ragged uniform. He wears glasses, has a bandage round one arm and appears very thin.

• Arakan Campaign : Battle of Rathedaung, 1943

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony 1944

  image: an Indian soldier lies dead with his arms above his head in the thick undergrowth of the jungle. His Bren gun and helmet lie by his side. Through the jungle a river is just visible on the horizon.

• Occupational Workshop at a Convalescent Depot

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony 1942

  image: soldiers at work at a row of work benches. In the foreground a soldier with a bandaged foot sits next to his crutches working on a boot. On the floor is a can of oil and some machine parts. At the back of the room the men are working with wood.

• The Embarkation : Southampton

  (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-08-01

  image: two British soldiers stand on the deck of a troopship leaning on a barrier, looking out at a column of British soldiers awaiting embarkation. The men huddle together in their caps and coats, with rain falling heavily.

• On the Troop Train: The First Day, 20th May 1917

  (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-05-20

  image: a view from the window of a train moving rapidly through the French countryside, transporting British troops. On the left is a view down the length of the train, with three men leaning out of the windows to look at the scenery. To the right is...

• The Wadi Ghuzze : looking along the Wadi towards Beersheba

  (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-09-12

  image: a view across the dry riverbed of the Wadi Ghuzze, with a sheer-faced bank running across the right of the composition and steeper hills further back. Two British soldiers on horseback stand to the right, with a column of troops, possibly also on...

• Mahemdia : from the Roman ruins. The hospital on the beach is seen three miles distant

  (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-10-13

  image: a view of a beach near Mahemdia, with a steep-sided bank and a partially ruined building along the left. Two figures are just visible in the centre of the composition, a hospital can be seen on the far horizon and water lies to the right.

• Straightening the Line : gangs of native labourers working on the railway near Romani

  (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-10-12

  image: eight local labourers, grouped in two lines of four men, use large metal crow bars to attempt to straighten lengths of newly laid railway track. The men are supervised by a British Army officer wearing pith helmet, shorts and white shirt and...