Diary of service on the Western Front, 1914-1915, World War One

Smith, William Douglas

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Title:: Desert warfare

Collection:: Crusader castles and desert warfare: T E Lawrence's photographs in the Liddell Hart Collection

Archive reference:: LIDDELL HART 9/13/71

Catalogue record URL (AtoM):: https://archives.kingscollections.org/index.php/liddell-hart-9-13-71

Level of description:: subseries

Date of material:: 1908-1934

Creator:: Liddell Hart, Sir Basil Henry

Source collection title:: Collection LIDDELL HART - LIDDELL HART, Capt Sir Basil Henry (1895-1970)

Extent:: 341 black and white photographs

Description (scope):: Photographs, 1908-1934, relating to T E Lawrence, including photographs relating to the Hejaz campaign, World War One.

Copyright:: Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied from open material for research purposes only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, via the Archives.; King's College London Archives

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Title:: Photograph of Arab personnel around waterholes, Aqaba

Archive reference:: LIDDELL-HART 9/13/71

Catalogue record URL (AtoM):: https://archives.kingscollections.org/index.php/liddell-hart-9-13

Date of material:: [1917]

Description:: Photograph of Arab personnel, some seated, some standing, around two waterholes, with palm trees in the distance, Aqaba, Jordan. Typescript caption on the back, 'Arabs filling skins from waterhols in the desert. Akaba' and Imperial War Museum ref: Q59069.

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new site but like all other it will be difficult to drain. Fall into a crump hole full of water - up to my waist - gum boots full of water felt just as if I had fallen into a river with waders on. Jan 11th A fine clear day; aeroplanes on the move & German Artillery more active than usual; in the evening shells were bursting over the KEMMEL crossroads; they must have spotted people collecting material there & fired a few shells on spec. I heard of no casualties. Visited the Liverpool Scottish in their trenches between 5 & 9pm. G.1. trench was in a very bad condition; the trench was about 9 or 10 feet wide in places & would not give much

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