Lupton, R A :World War I photographs that belonged to Roger Lupton

Photographs of Palestine, Egypt and the Middle East, probably taken by Roger Lupton who was on active service there. As there are captions relating to the AMR, it is assumed that he was with the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment. They are mostly of places of interest in the area such as the Monastery of St George at Wadi Qelt; the Crusaders' Tower in Richon; the Mosque of Omar, the Garden of Gethsemane and the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem; temple ruins at Luxor; the Agricultural College in Jaffa; the River Jordan; a Roman amphitheatre in Amman; the German Church in Bethlehem; the Church of Lazarus in Bethany; the inside of the Russian Church in Jaffa; and a man and a woman floating in the Dead Sea. However, there are others relating to the campaign: a pontoon bridge over the River Jordan; Kastal Railway Station on the Mecca line with a long goods train being loaded; the remains of the Turkish gun Jericho Jane (Turkish gun used in the Jordan Valley during the First World War so named as its range was long enough to hit Jericho from the opposite side of the vally, twelve miles away. The gun had an eighteen foot barrel); bombed houses in Jaffa; a cemetery; Algerian cavalry in Ismalia; railway lines at Tantah, Egypt; a stone Turkish bridge at Beersheba; the ruins of a Turkish patrol boat next to the Dead Sea; a railway engine destroyed by the retreating Turks; dead horses of the Auckland regiment in the Jordan Valley; a group of soldiers on board a troop ship; and three of men and horses, one showing the camp at Richon.

Quantity: 49 b&w original photographic print(s) loose prints. 4 b&w original photographic print(s) post cards. 1 album(s) Album(s).