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  • The Menin Road The Menin Road

    (art) Made by: Roberts, William (RA) 1917

    image: a view down the Menin Road in the Ypres sector of the Western Front. Two small columns of British troops march along the road, the foremost comprised of men of the Royal Field Artillery. Two ambulance trucks drive ahead of them. Alongside the road...

  • Living Quarters on a Dispersed 'Z' (Rocket AA) Battery Site Living Quarters on a Dispersed 'Z' (Rocket AA) Battery Site

    (art) Made by: Sorrell, Alan 1943

    image: a hutted camp with Nissen huts set amongst trees, with RAF airmen walking and cycling along the road in the foreground, seemingly on their way back to the camp. On the corner of the side road that leads to the camp is a sign marked 'Z Site',...

  • Near Hell-Fire Corner, Menin Road, Ypres Near Hell-Fire Corner, Menin Road, Ypres

    (art) Made by: Mackey, Haydn Reynolds (MM) 1918

    image: A view along a section of the Menin Road near the notorious Hell Fire Corner, the junction of the Menin Road and the Ypres-Roulers railway kept under constant observation by German artillery. There are trees on either side of the road that have...

  • Tyre : Seaforth Highlanders resting in their march north to Beyrout Tyre : Seaforth Highlanders resting in their march north to Beyrout

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1918-10-30

    image: infantrymen of the Seaforth Highlanders sit and rest along a narrow road that runs across the composition. Further back can be seen the buildings and roofs of the town of Tyre, with the sea visible beyond.

  • Turkish Transport Wrecked by Machine Gun Fire, Near Dumar Station on the Outskirts of Damascus Turkish Transport Wrecked by Machine Gun Fire, Near Dumar Station on the Outskirts of Damascus

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1918-10-02

    image: the scene of the remains of a Turkish transport lying on a road. Dead Turkish soldiers and horses lie amongst the wreckage of a waggon in the foreground; details that seem to spread the length of the road. A high bank lines the left of the road,...

  • Entering Damascus: Australians galloping along the Beyrout Road. Entering Damascus: Australians galloping along the Beyrout Road.

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1918-10-01

    image: a view of a column of mounted Australian troops riding down a tree-lined road. The column passes a wrecked artillery piece and dead horses lying on one side of the road. In the distance there is a town with twin minarets visible to the right of...

  • Nablous : Australian cavalry entering the ancient Shechem, the capital of Samaria Nablous : Australian cavalry entering the ancient Shechem, the capital of Samaria

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1918-09-21

    image: a column of Australian cavalry gallops along a road in a valley floor into the small town of Shechem. The rear of the column is in the foreground, with the front of it just entering the town, whose buildings are visible in the distance. The valley...

  • The Road to Taranto The Road to Taranto

    (art) Made by: Maxwell, Donald

    image: a panoramic landscape with a view across a wide plain to clouds and sky lit by a low sun. A straight road runs through the centre of the composition, with a small cart, mule and driver in the foreground.

  • The Long White Road, Taranto The Long White Road, Taranto

    (art) Made by: Maxwell, Donald

    image: a view of part of the natural harbour near Taranto, with a single sailing boat in the water before a strip of buildings on a floating section of harbour. The coast is just beyond, with a long, white road stretching off across the land into the...

  • Ephéhy : in a sunken roadway near the Regimental Aid Post of the 7th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment Ephéhy : in a sunken roadway near the Regimental Aid Post of the 7th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment

    (art) Made by: Mackey, Haydn Reynolds (MM) 1918-09-20

    image: A view along a sunken roady near Épéhy on the Somme. A dugout has been constructed into the side of the earth bank with various bits of equipment and corrugated iron by the entrance. A large tree that has been split at the trunk lies across the...

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