World War II: engineers of the GHQ Middle East Forces (?) relaxing on the coast of Egypt (?). Photographic postcard, 194-.

Date:
[between 1940 and 1945?]
Reference:
2059536i
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The James Gardiner Collection.
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World War II: engineers of the GHQ Middle East Forces (?) relaxing on the coast of Egypt (?). Photographic postcard, 194-. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

A private photograph apparently taken by Capt. K. M. Robertson R.E., 2nd field company R.E. M.E.F, a member of the Royal Engineers (RE) and the Middle East Forces (MEF) in World War II. Subjects identified in inscription on verso: L. to R. Gompertz, Goodman, H.W.M., Christie. Propaganda: not[e] the dejected look on the British troops' faces. N.B. It is the sea in the background, not the desert. K.M. Robertson"

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[between 1940 and 1945?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 8.3 x 13.6 cm

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Inscription on verso: Capt. K. M. Robertson (?) R.E 2nd field company R.E. M.E.F... Kodak

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Wellcome Collection 2059536i

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  • Romantic fantasy and comic postcards

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