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• Our First Glimpse of the Desert near Suez 'Convoy' series, 1941 - 1942

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1942

  image: Through a network of rigging a sailor looks towards a mountainous coastline. A light anti-aircraft gun facing the sky is immediately to his right and four ships lie in the water before the coastline.

• Balloons and Scavenger Kites off Aden 'Convoy' series, 1941 - 1942

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1942

  image: A coastal landscape; rocky, undulating hills forming the backdrop for a coastal town. In the foreground, small passenger and fishing vessels sail in the sea.

• Ain Divar overlooking the River Tigris

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1942

  image: a view looking down on the Tigris winding through a valley with the sun about to set behind the mountains in the distance. In the foreground there are rocks with scorpions and spiders scurrying over them.

• Roman Ruins at Palmyra, Syrian Desert

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1942

  image: Roman ruins in the desert, consisting of a view down a central avenue with a row of Corinthian columns on either side.

• Convoy from Malta

  (art) Made by: Hailstone, Bernard 1944

  image: A view of the port of Augusta, in Sicily, with a convoy sailing through the neck of the harbour. The rural coastal landscape is visible in the foreground, with a few large buildings towards the middle of the composition. The continuing coastline...

• Swimming Horses across the River Jordan

  (art) Made by: Moss, W P 1941

  image: British soldiers, stripped to their underwear, lead a row of swimming horses across the River Jordan.

• Bechuanaland Boys cleaning AA Guns in the Twilight after Action, Syracuse, Sicily

  (art) Made by: Cole, Leslie 1944

  image: soldiers from Bechuanaland stand on the edge of a gun emplacement, cleaning the barrel of a gun. Behind them are several anti-aircraft guns with rows of tents nearby and mountains in the distance.

• Malta : early morning. Looking towards Sicily from a balcony of the 45th General Hospital during an alert

  (art) Made by: Cole, Leslie 1943

  image: a view of the grounds of a military hospital on the Maltese coast looking out to sea. There is a large red cross symbol painted on a white circle on the ground, evidently to discourage enemy bombing of the hospital. A row of huts are dotted along...

• The Old Flying Control Centre, Sharjah, Arabia

  (art) Made by: Hailstone, Harold William

  image: A view across an aerodrome in the desert, with a temporary wooden observation tower and aircraft.

• Church Parade: Service conducted by a Sergeant Padre, 1975th Bechuana Coy, 64 Group, AAPC, near Jdeide, Lebanon

  (art) Made by: Bawden, Edward

  image: View of an army camp with a gathering of soldiers on the parade ground