Fulton, Robert Henry, 1888-1980: Photograph albums relating to Fulton's service during World War I; Views of the World

Date: 1916-1919

From: Fulton, Robert Henry, 1888-1980: Photograph albums relating to Fulton's service during World War I; Views of the World

Reference: PA1-o-1842

Description: Small photograph album compiled by Robert Henry (Harry) Fulton relating to his World War I service between 1916 and 1919. Some prints are taken by Fulton. Other prints are taken by unknown photographers. Locations are in New Zealand, Egypt, France, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Turkey, England, and Ireland. - Military scenes include: soldiers bathing in a river near Trentham Camp, 12th Reinforcement soldiers posing outside an army hut, Featherston camp; soldiers at funeral for comrades, troops marching, Tel El Kebir; the burial of dead New Zealanders during 1915 Armstice Day at the front, Gallipoli; the New Zealand hospital at Hornchurch and Grey Towers hospital in England. - Scenes related to troop ship voyages include: Sri Lankan locals and Mount Lavinia Hotel in Colombo; Table Mountain, a grand homestead and the port, Capetown; plus the crew at the ships wheel on board HMNZT 51. - Leave activity scenes include: theatre interior and Anzac Day crowds in London, Windsor Castle, Amesbury abbey, French girls at a railway station, a French airship shed. Egyptian scenes include: Cairo landmarks, Virgin Mary's Well, Mohamed Ali Mosque, Palace Hotel, Heliopolis, ancient ruins, River Nile, water jars at a market, donkeys, and possibly the buildings in the Haret Al-Wassir district taken before the 'Battle of Wassir'. Also includes sight-seeing at a British soldiers 1882 graveyard and village at Tel El Kebir, and a tug on the Suez canal. Scenes in Scotland and Ireland include: rural landscapes, an Irish church and the Fulton family home 'Maglona Hall', Mullingar, County Westmeath. - Featured persons include: King George V reviewing New Zealand troops at Sling Camp on 7 and 8 October 1916, Joici O'Neill [sp?], the niece of Robert Henry Fulton, a group of army captains at Tel El Kebir including Captain Porter, Captain Neely, Lieutenant Lyttlejohn. Inscriptions: Inside front cover inscribed 'This is the property of H. Fulton Pte, No. 11641, 1st C.I.B NZ Forces' Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cloth cover, entitled 'Photographs' in gold print, 20.5 x 16 cm

Date: 1916-1919

From: Fulton, Robert Henry, 1888-1980: Photograph albums relating to Fulton's service during World War I; Views of the World

Reference: PA1-o-1843

Description: Small photograph album compiled by Robert Henry (Harry) Fulton relating to his World War I service between 1916 and 1919. Many photographs taken by Fulton. Some prints are taken by other unknown photographs as indicated by a photograph caption reading "negatives loaned" for scenes taken in Turkey. - Locations are in New Zealand, Egypt, France, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Australia, Turkey, England, Scotland and Ireland. - Scenes related to military life include: Trentham Camp, 12th Reinforcement soldiers on training march, tents at Featherston camp, soldiers baking bread in Egyptian outdoor ovens, hillside dugouts at Gallipoli, the landscape of the Dardanelles, the New Zealand hospital at Hornchurch, the NZ Kit Stores staff base, Bulford, WAACs in uniform, a nursing sister posing with group of soldiers, and a New Zealand army hospital in France. - Scenes related to troop ship voyages include: Auckland harbour and houses at dusk, local policemen, Mount Lavinia beach and HMNZT 51 'Ulimaroa' coaling at Colombo, a whale beached at Durban, troop ships arriving at Freemantle harbour; HMNZT 49 'Maunganui' departing with the 11th Reinforcements, troop ship 'Ivernia' leaving Alexandria. Also includes on board scenes of soldiers doing sports, showering, church parade and socialising featuring a soldier in a female wig. - Leave activity scenes include: English countryside and stately homes, Salibury Cathedral, Westminister Abbey, Anzac day in London, French women, soldiers posing on a captured German gun, sight-seeing in Cairo, Heliopolis, Tel El Kebir, Suez and at The Pyramids, including exteriors of Continental Hotel, Shepheard's Hotel, an old Sultan's Palace, a 1882 battlesite and British army graveyard and NZ Ladies Club. Scenes in Scotland and Ireland include: rural landscapes, Irish church and the Fulton family home 'Maglona Hall', Mullingar, County Westmeath. - Featured persons include: Private Robert Henry Fulton solo and with other soldiers including two English soldiers, King George V reviewing New Zealand troops at Sling Camp, Sergeant Higgins, Captain J.B. Neely, Lieutenant Bryan, Captain Porter, Lieutenant Foster. Also includes images of family, his mother Jane Fulton, his sister, friends including Miss Kitty and Gertie. Some of the images of friends show them in fancy dress and women dressed as men. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with light grey cloth cover, a three line horizontal stripe on front cover, loose spine binding, 19.5 x 15 cm

Date: 1916-1919

From: Fulton, Robert Henry, 1888-1980: Photograph albums relating to Fulton's service during World War I; Views of the World

Reference: PA1-o-1841

Description: Small photograph album compiled by Robert Henry (Harry) Fulton relating to his World War I service between 1916 and 1919. Many photographs are taken by Fulton. Some prints are taken by unknown photographers. - Locations are in New Zealand, Cairo, Tel El Kebir, and Suez, Egypt; France, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Australia, and Ireland. - Military scenes include: tents in camp, kit stores, and evacuation troops at Tel El Kebir; captured Turkish guns, landscapes and troops at Anzac Cove, Dardanelles; the grave of Major Grant on Gallipoli; bayonet training, kit stores and barracks at Sling Camp; Grey Towers hospital, Hornchurch; 12th Reinforcement soldiers marching over Rimutaka range and Trentham camp; and a bombed building on the Somme. -Transport related scenes include: locals and soldiers at Melun railway station; views from a troop train through France; steam train at Oissel station; captured German SM UC-5 submarine at wharf; pilot station in Colombo harbour; French naval vessels; 12th Reinforcements onboard on the HMNZT 'Ivernia' and 'Ulimaroa'; 12th NZ Reinforcements disembarkation from HMNZT 'Ulimaroa' at Suez and embarkation on 'Ivernia' at Le Havre; an Australian troop ship; bridges across the Seine River. - Leave activity scenes include: Seine River; country inns in Ireland; camels at the Pyramids, boating on the Nile River, Cairo gardens, the Napoleon I lookout tower at Tel El Kebir, Ismailia railway station; High Street gate, Stonehenge, Poultry Cross, Amesbury village, Salisbury; beach of Mount Lavinia, Colombo; sight-seeing and crowds at Anzac Day in London; Windsor Castle; Perth street. - Featured persons include: Private H. Fulton in France; King George V reviewing New Zealand troops at Hornchurch; the Prince of Wales Edward VIII on horse in Egypt; cousins in a car, Ireland, Miss Fulton and niece Joici O'Neill [(sp?] outside family home 'Maglona Hall' Mullingar, County Westmeath; the ship officers of the 'Ulimaroa'. - Album contains two loose prints Inscriptions: Inside front cover inscribed 'Views of the World' taken by Henry M. Fulton, 11641, 1st C.I.B NZ Forces mounted Sept 16 England'. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cloth cover, entitled 'Photographs' in gold print, 20.5 x 16 cm

Date: 1916-1919

From: Fulton, Robert Henry, 1888-1980: Photograph albums relating to Fulton's service during World War I; Views of the World

Reference: PA1-q-1158

Description: Small photograph album compiled by Robert Henry (Harry) Fulton relating to his World War I service between 1916 and 1919. Many photographs are taken by Fulton. Some prints are taken by other unknown photographers. -Locations are in New Zealand, Egypt, France, Sri Lanka, Africa, Turkey, England, Ireland and Malta. - Scenes related to military life include: Anzac Cove, hillside dugouts, graves of NZ soldiers, and windmill at Gallipoli, ships including the 'Lusitania' at the Dardanelles, Kasr-el Nil Barracks, General and officers watching military parade of (the 27th?) New Zealand troops leaving Egypt, C Company at Te El Kebir camp, plus kit stores exterior and piles of kit bags at Sling Camp. - Scenes related to troop ship voyages include: local policemen, New Zealand men on Mount Lavinia beach and local boats alongside HMNZT 51 at Colombo; a zebra in African bush; ships officers on board the transport ships 'Ulimaroa' and 'Ivernia', various troop ships in ports, 12th Reinforcements with kit bags and 'Ivernia' at Alexandria wharf; plus ruins, wharf and New Zealand soldiers on waterfront, Malta. - Scenes of leave activities include: Fulton's family home 'Maglona Hall', his mother Jane Fulton and niece Joici [Joyce?] O'Neill, Irish cousins and friends including Lewis Hutchinson, Ox Row, Salisbury Cathedral, soldiers sight-seeing at Stonehenge, Amesbury village and church, croquet game in grounds of Walton on Thames hospital, Anzac Day crowd and streets in London, captured German submarine on the Thames, Windsor Castle, a Russian general and his daughter, plus a new Zealand guard unit lining a parade route in Paris, captured German guns and French zeppelin at Le Havre, Seine River, French countryside, Marseilles harbour, 1882 battlesite and British army graveyard in Egypt, the Nile River, Anzac Hostel and city landmarks in Cairo. - Featured persons include: Prince of Wales Edward VIII on horse, G.M. Fulton on polo pony in South Africa, and views possibly of other Fulton family members. Also includes image of [?] Fulton and another man by tent which is captioned 'for gallant and.., D.S.F. in field, on active service, British East Africa'. Inscriptions: Front cover inscribed 'View of the World taken by Henry Fulton 11641 NZ'. Inside front cover inscribed 'Pte. H. Fulton in Ireland' Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with mottled blue and cream cover, blue binding on spine, front cover illustrated with pink and white flowers and entitled 'Postcards', 22 x 28.5cm