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Ref No578-K/8/2/688
TitleJames Keaskin (fl.1901-1937); 4745721; Private; 2nd Battalion
DescriptionPhotograph albums: 1) the 2nd Battalion's arrival in Khartoum, portraits and informal groups of soldiers, and soldiers engaged in recreational activities; also images of large model ship 'The Somersetshire', sea-plane on the River Nile, memorials to Privates W.A. Lund and Harry Glew who died at Ahmednagar, Atbara and Three Feathers camp, boar hunting on elephants, and the monuments at Cawnpore; photographs have names and short captions (271 pieces); 2) formal group photographs of Companies, informal groups of soldiers, scenes of India, Indian people, religious buildings, architecture in Kamptee and in Egypt, military transport, ships, trains and cars, soldiers relaxing outside tents, eating and in sports gear, also five greetings cards, first Communion certificate, 1919, and postcards of places in England and India; photographs have names, family photographs have been removed but names remain (218 pieces).
Date1919-c.1937
FormatPhotograph
Extent2 items
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