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  • The Hospital at Mahemdia : for a mile along the beach stretch the tents of a Stationary Hospital. Beyond the boat is the screen of an open-air cinema. The Hospital at Mahemdia : for a mile along the beach stretch the tents of a Stationary Hospital. Beyond the boat is the screen of an open-air cinema.

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-10-09

    image: in the foreground two British soldiers in pith helmets sit within a rowing boat on a beach at Mahemdia, before a large hospital. White tents stretch right across the horizon, with figures walking amongst them. Beyond the men can be seen a large...

  • Building a Sea Wall : the Egyptian Labour Corps Building a Sea Wall : the Egyptian Labour Corps

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917

    image: a party of men of the Egyptian Labour Corps are busy constructing a sea wall on a beach, supervised by a British officer wearing pith helmet, shorts and white shirt. A ditch has been dug, with a wall made with sandbags on the seaward side.

  • Near the Coast Near the Coast

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-09-15

    image: a view of two artillery emplacements in an arid landscape near a coastline. Both emplacements are dug into the earth and concealed with camoflage netting. The outline of a few soldiers are visible, as are silhouettes of belll tents near the sea in...

  • A Morning Mist A Morning Mist

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-07-09

    image: a view over a desert scene in the morning mist. The sun shines through, weakened by the mist. An Australian soldier strides across the scene from left to right. A herd of camels are visible through the fog in the distance, with two bell tents to...

  • The Long Patrol: Drifting Sand The Long Patrol: Drifting Sand

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-07-11

    image: a view of an Imperial Camel Corps patrol in the desert, seen from the perspective of the artist's position on the back of a camel. The camel's head and neck is in the immediate foreground. Further in front are several soldiers mounted on camels,...

  • The Long Patrol: The Wadi The Long Patrol: The Wadi

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-07-11

    image: an Imperial Camel Corps patrol have halted in a wadi, a dried out riverbed, in the desert. A group of soldiers sit and stand on the right, immediately behind several saddles that have been removed from the backs of the camels, who are lined up at...

  • A Pumping Station A Pumping Station

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-07-21

    image: a British Army military policemen, wearing khaki shorts and pith helmet, stands beside a checkpoint hut at the entrance to a water pumping station. Behind him is a building, with a bell tent just visible in the left background. The landscape to...

  • A Veterinary Hospital A Veterinary Hospital

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-06-08

    image: a man, who appears to be wearing a British vet's gown, sits on a wooden crate on a balcony, looking out over six long and open-sided huts in a semi-arid landscape. The buildings are all part of a British veterinary hospital. Before the huts a few...

  • Katia Big Tree Katia Big Tree

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-10-16

    image: a group of men and camels have clustered near to a large tree in an arid desert landscape. Behind them is a ruined wall, with further trees in the background.

  • Shells Bursting at Dawn on the Trenches round Ali-el-Muntar, on the Outskirts of Gaza Shells Bursting at Dawn on the Trenches round Ali-el-Muntar, on the Outskirts of Gaza

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-10-29

    image: a British Artillery officer looks through a telescope mounted on a tripod towards the clouds of smoke on the horizon showing where shells have fallen. He sits on an earthen ledge before an area of tall grass, beyond which the landscape is largely...

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