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• Shore Leave; Ratings returning aboard at Freetown 'Convoy' series, 1941 - 1942

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1941

  image: Ratings queue outside a building at a harbour. Natives gather on the jetty. In the background are the buildings of a coastal town.

• The M.O.'s Launch taking off Hospital Cases 'Convoy' series, 1941 - 1942

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1941

  image: Officers take injured troops to the mainland in a lighter. In the background is the ship from which they have recently disembarked.

• 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.

• The Neptune Ceremony; crossing the Line 'Convoy' series, 1941 - 1942

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1941

  image: The crowded deck of a ship, all watching the events of the Neptune Ceremony. On the right is Neptune and men are being pushed into the swimming pool as a penalty.

• Part of a Draft of Sappers Listening to a Lecture 'Convoy' series, 1941 - 1942

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1941

  image: A group of sappers sat on deck listening to a lecture, with the lecturer standing on the right. All are dressed in uniform.

• Divine Service on Christmas Day; a Naval Padre with ratings, marines and airmen 'Convoy' series, 1941 - 1942

  (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1941

  image: Rows of military personnel, their heads bowed in prayer, listening to a service from a naval padre under a canopy on the deck of a ship.

• The Engine Room 'Convoy' series, 1941 - 1942

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

  image: a view along the engine room of a ship, viewed from beneath the access ladder. The room is deserted apart from one figure in the background, in the centre of the image.

• The Mess Deck: a draft of Royal Engineers 'Convoy' series, 1941 - 1942

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

  image: A mess deck of a ship and officers are gathered around several rows of benches. On top of the benches are rolled up blankets, bags, cups, plates and buckets. Some officers are resting in hammocks on the right.

• Mess Decks; a Naval Draft 'Convoy' series, 1941 - 1942

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

  image: A mess deck with sailors in hammocks, their gear stored in piles on the deck.

• Mess Decks; a Royal Artillery Draft 'Convoy' series, 1941 - 1942

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

  image: a busy mess deck . The floor is covered in rolled up hammocks and sailors stretched out on the floor. Above them there are hammocks hanging from the ceiling in which soldiers are reading and soldiers sitting and standing in groups in the...