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(art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1943
Subedar Lalbahadur Thapa, VC : 4th Indian Divisionimage: An officer is seated on a chair in a tent in the desert. Three other officers are sat at his feet listening intently to what he is instructing them to do.
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(art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1941
Shore Leave; Ratings returning aboard at Freetown
'Convoy' series, 1941 - 1942image: Ratings queue outside a building at a harbour. Natives gather on the jetty. In the background are the buildings of a coastal town.
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(art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1941
The M.O.'s Launch taking off Hospital Cases
'Convoy' series, 1941 - 1942image: Officers take injured troops to the mainland in a lighter. In the background is the ship from which they have recently disembarked.
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(art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1942
Our First Glimpse of the Desert near Suez
'Convoy' series, 1941 - 1942image: 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.
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(art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1941
The Neptune Ceremony; crossing the Line
'Convoy' series, 1941 - 1942image: 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.
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(art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1942
Alice Delysia gives a Concert Aboard a Fighting-French Warshipimage: A small room on a warship crowded with sailors listening to a concert given by a woman in uniform.
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(art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1942
A Parade of Druze Cavalry at Soueida, Jebel Druzeimage: A desolate, desert scene. Two rows of Arab horsemen are lined up playing a musical accompaniment to the parade on the left.
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(art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1942
Chahbar (Paved Roman Street) : a Druze village and Roman ruinsimage: a Druze soldier wearing desert gear and a head scarf stands to the left of a large paved area, surrounded by a high stone wall punctuated by blue doors. He is watched by several local women and children who standing the background.
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(art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1942
The Battle of Egypt, 1942: The Operations Tentimage: the interior of an RAF operations tent, with several RAF personnel sitting in chairs, communications equipment in the background.
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(art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1942
The Battle of Egypt, 1942: Pilots of Hurribombers (No 274 Squadron) Reporting Bombing Results to the Intelligence
Officerimage: the crew of an RAF Hurribomber Squadron crowded in a tent in the North African desert. Five airmen are sat waiting to the right and another six are analysing results from a chart to the left. A Hurrican Bomber is visible in the background.