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• Transport Command HQ, Cairo

  (art) Made by: Hailstone, Harold William

  image: An Islamic building with a high, arched doorway and a domed roof topped by a crescent. A temporary wooden staircase leads up to the entrance. Soldiers are milling around outside.

• Lord Kitchener of Khartoum

  (art) Made by: Cole, Philip Tennyson 1911

  image: An almost full length portrait of Kitchener wearing military uniform and greatcoat. He holds his cap in his left hand.

• FIELD MARSHAL THE VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN KG GCB DSO 1887-1976

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

  The Second World War 1939 -1945: Montgomery's chance to command a modern battle army came in 1942 when he was sent to Eygpt to replace Auchinleck as commander of the Eighth Army. He was photographed shortly after his arrival by air in Cairo.

• BRITISH FORCES IN EGYPT, 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  The Alamein bell is sounded to open a thanksgiving service for British service personnel at the El Alamein Club in Cairo to commemorate the end of the war in Europe. This bell was brought from the famous desert railway station at El Alamein.

• Cairo: The Adjutant of the Citadel

  (art) Made by: Bawden, Edward

  image: A scene in an office. An officer sits behind a desk sideways-on to the viewer, leaning forwards. In front of him is a man in civilian clothing and a uniformed soldier wearing shorts and a beret. The scene is lit from the side by a window behind...

• BRITISH FORCES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1945-1947

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  Lieutenant T Marflett the Postal Voting Officer for a battery at the Royal Artillery Base Depot near Cairo posts his vote for the 1945 British general election.

• WINSTON CHURCHILL DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

  Winston Churchill outside the British Embassy in Cairo with General Sir Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), and Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder (AOC-in-C RAF Middle East) in August 1942.

• MR CHURCHILL IN CAIRO [Allocated Title]

  (film) Made by: War Office Film Unit (Production company) 1943-01-28

  The Prime Minister and service chiefs at the British Embassy, Cairo, Egypt for a conference.

• MAJOR ANTHONY EDEN'S VISIT TO AUSTRALIAN CAMPS [Allocated Title]

  (film) Made by: Gaumont-British (Production company) 1940-02-15

  Unedited and uncensored footage showing Australian troops being inspected by Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, shortly after their arrival in Palestine, the arrival by train of Australian troops in Palestine and New Zealand soldiers...

• GENERAL MONTGOMERY VISITS REPATRIATED TROOPS [Allocated Title]

  (film) Made by: Chown, L B T (Production individual) 1943-04-25

  The Commander-in-Chief visits repatriated prisoners of war at a tea party given at the British Embassy in Cairo.