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85 x 53 mm

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135 x 85 mm. A view of a hangar.

Scope and Contents The diary begins with Crocker's battalion camped on the River Diyala, defending the perimeter of Windiyeh, to the northwest of Baghdad. There is a sketch map indicating this position on page 1a. The entries record Crocker's daily activities as commanding officer, inspecting company positions, overseeing the preparation of new defensive lines and training his men. There are brief references to contact with local sheikhs and an account of Crocker's trip to Baghdad on leave in early October...

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85 x 53 mm

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45 x 70 mm. Showing two men, a woman and a young girl, stood under a shelter. A caption on the album page reads 'Cairo and Baghdad', but it is not clear the exact location of this particular image.

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65 x 45 mm. A caption on the album page reads 'Cairo and Baghdad', but it is not clear the exact location of this particular image.

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Annotated draft of a medical manual (fourteen pages) written by Christy while serving at the 33rd British General Hospital during the First World War.

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This album contains 189 photographs, mostly small snapshots, relating to Mesopotamia in 1916, a visit to Malta on the way to India in 1917, and scenes in India during the First World War and after. Douglas retired to France in 1922 and a number of images relate to this period. Many of the Indian photographs show family and friends.

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53 x 80 mm

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45 x 75 mm. Showing Tymms and a woman both sat on camels. A caption on the album page reads 'Cairo and Baghdad', but it is not clear the exact location of this particular image.

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45 x 70 mm. Showing a view of a large building, with a number of large metal drums on their sides in the street. A caption on the album page reads 'Cairo and Baghdad', but it is not clear the exact location of this particular image.