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  • Behind Ruweisat Ridge Behind Ruweisat Ridge

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1942

    image: a desert scene with a Bren Gun Carrier, upon which a British soldier is sitting, placed behind a wall of sandbags. Various bits of equipment are scattered about and other men are engaged in various fatigue duties. In the background two men are...

  • Listening-post at Spyglass, Gibraltar Listening-post at Spyglass, Gibraltar

    (art) Made by: Cole, Leslie 1943

    image: British soldiers gathered at a listening post at Spyglass, Gibraltar, looking out over the Mediterranean. The machinery of the post dominates the centre of the composition, its four cone shaped receivers facing skywards. It is incorporated on the...

  • Subedar Lalbahadur Thapa, VC : 4th Indian Division Subedar Lalbahadur Thapa, VC : 4th Indian Division

    (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1943

    image: 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.

  • Lieutenant-Colonel A S Pearson : DSO and BAR, 1 Bn, 1st Parachute Brigade Lieutenant-Colonel A S Pearson : DSO and BAR, 1 Bn, 1st Parachute Brigade

    (art) Made by: Carr, Henry 1943

    image: A head portrait of Lieutenant-Colonel A S Pearson wearing a beret, looking to the right.

  • 'Z' Rocket AA Battery in Action, 1941 'Z' Rocket AA Battery in Action, 1941

    (art) Made by: Macleod, William Douglas

    image: numerous manned Z-rocket launchers are positioned over a flat landscape, all firing upward. Trails from the projectiles and the beams of the launchers searchlights illuminate the night sky.

  • School Cadets Practising the 'Crawl' School Cadets Practising the 'Crawl'

    (art) Made by: Macpherson, Alexander

    image: cadets crawl across the ground on a hillside, watched by an instructor who stands over them. In the background there are some houses behind a low wall with a gateway.

  • Major-General Francis Casement, DSO and Bar, Deputy Director of Medical Services, Southern Command, 1940 Major-General Francis Casement, DSO and Bar, Deputy Director of Medical Services, Southern Command, 1940

    (art) Made by: Lamb, Henry (MC) (RA) 1940

    image: A head and shoulder portrait of Major-General Francis Casement in uniform.

  • Lance-Corporal Brindley Lance-Corporal Brindley

    (art) Made by: Lamb, Henry (MC) (RA) 1942

    image: A head and shoulder portrait of Lance-Corporal Brindley in uniform, wearing a beret, looking towards the right.

  • Lieutenant G R Weil Lieutenant G R Weil

    (art) Made by: Lamb, Henry (MC) (RA) 1942

    image: A head and shoulder portrait of Lieutenant G R Weil in uniform, wearing a beret, turning to the left.

  • Chief Controller Leslie Violet Lucy Whateley, CBE : Director of ATS, 1943 Chief Controller Leslie Violet Lucy Whateley, CBE : Director of ATS, 1943

    (art) Made by: Lamb, Henry (MC) (RA) 1943

    image: a half-length portrait of Chief Controller Leslie Violet Lucy Whateley in uniform, sitting at a desk. In one hand she holds a document and in the other a cigarette.

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