RAF tour on MV Dilwara - compiled by L. Wells - Hisham Khatib Collection
Call Number
AD.MC.030_ref159
Date
1934 - 1939, bulk
Creator
Wells, Les, Active 1929 - 1939 (Role: Photographer)
Extent
42 Leaves
- 88 gelatin silver prints and 4 cartoons
Language of Materials
English .
Abstract
Photograph album containing 88 prints and 4 cartoons created by officer Les Wells while he served with the RAF Medical Service as part of the "British Forces in Iraq" RAF Command and whilst he was stationed in Abu Qir (Aboukir), Egypt between 1934 and 1939. The album contains photographs of three ships; MV Dilwara (her maiden voyage in March 1936), HT Somersetshire and HMS Enterprise and ports including Karachi and Aden. There are also a number of photographs of the Nouzha Gardens in Alexandria Loose photographs at the end of the album include one of RAF servicemen and women at RAF Hinaidi. See also Iraq, Egypt, Yemen - compiled by L. Wells, part of the Hisham Khatib Collection.
Subjects
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Materials are open without restrictions
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Language: Description is written in: English, Latin script.
Repository
Akkasah: Photography Archive (NYU Abu Dhabi)
Container
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
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Front Cover of RAF tour on MV Dilwara - compiled by L. Wells - Hisham Khatib Collection, 1934-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Image
Inside of the front cover: The MV Dilwara and an RAF Medical Services emblem with the motto 'Nec Aspera Terrent'., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Top Left: A train carriage with some men in military uniform in the foreground. Top Right: The river Shatt al-Arab, Bottom: Kites in Basra., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
Top Left: Ships at Abadan Oil Refinery. Bottom Left: H.T Dilwara on her maiden voyage. Top Right, Bottom Right: Karachi Harbour, 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Top Left, Top Right: H.T. Somersetshire in Karachi. Bottom Left, Bottom Right: People loading cargo on the H.T Dilwara., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Several ships off the coast of Aden., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
Top Left: A ship on guard during the Abyssinian Crisis. Top Right: Steamer Point, Aden. Bottom Left, Bottom Right: H.M.S Enterprise, 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
Top Left: Royal Air Force sick quarters. Top Right: Eastern bay of Aboukir. Bottom Left, Bottom Right: People fishing sardines in the western bay, 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
Top Left, Top Right, Bottom Right: Canons. Bottom Left: Royal Air Force Headquarters in Aboukir., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
People fishing, mending fishing nets and a decorated boat., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
Top left and right: The western bay of Abu Qir. Top centre: Les Wells. Bottom left and right: Archaeological site at Canopus. Bottom centre: A child., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Several photographs of Nouzha Gardens in Alexandria., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
Several photographs of Nouzha Gardens in Alexandria., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
Several photographs of Nouzha Gardens in Alexandria., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
Several photographs of the zoo in Nouzha Gardens, Alexandria., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
Several photographs of the zoo in Nouzha Gardens, Alexandria., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
Top Left, Top Right: Ships at Mahmoudiyah canal, Bottom Left, Bottom Right: Ships at Alexandria Harbour., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
Top and bottom left: Sand-yachts and a sand-yacht club at 4 FTS Abu Suweir Air Base (RAF Abu Sueir). Bottom right: Pyramid and Sphinx of Giza., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx of Giza., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Cairo Station, the Nahdet Misr statue and Zoological gardens in Cairo., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
Several photographs of Giza Zoo, Montaza Palace and the interior of a church., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
Several photographs of the ruins of Canopus and a cemetery., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Places
Top Left: A Wing Commander and Flying Officer of the RAF. Top RIght: A man standing with a donkey. Bottom Left: RAF buildings. Bottom Right: A Hawker Hart KG416 military aircraft., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
Top Left: An RAF building Top Right: Eastern bay Abu Qir. Bottom Left: A Bristol Blenheim military aircraft. Bottom Right: Les Wells posing with a military aircraft., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Top: Team portrait of a hockey team including Les Wells in the front row, far right. Bottom: Hockey players on the field., 1938
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Places
Team Portrait of a hockey team., 1939
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Places
Cairo desert road., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
Top: Tents and cars in the desert. Bottom: A group of young men posing with a car on the side of the road., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
Several photographs from "Aboukir Turf Club meeting"., 1938
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
Occupations
Top Left: A group of men and a child with donkeys. Bottom Left: A multi-generational group. Right: A portrait of Les Wells., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
A man in a military uniform looking through a microscope., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
A drawing of two men in military uniforms with the caption "Excused guards for what?"., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Genres
Topics
Places
A drawing of a child-like man in military uniform leading a canon and man in military uniform repairing an aircraft with the caption "Sweating on your third, corporal?", 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Genres
Topics
Places
A drawing showing the extermination of Insects through paraffin., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
A drawing showing a man ordering Horlicks in a casino., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Genres
Topics
Men gathered for the "Aboukir Turf Club"., December 1937
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
Several men sitting on donkeys for a race., 1937-1938, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
A crowd watching a competition., Circa 1937-1938, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
A crowd watching a competition., Circa 1937-1938, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
People dressed up as horses and a coachman., Circa 1937-1938, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
Winners of the competitive costume competition receiving prizes, Circa 1937-1938, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
A group portrait of the Coldstream Guards harmonica band., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Creator
Studio H. (Hakob) Dilekyan, Alexandria (Egypt) (Circa 1930s-1940s)
Subjects
Topics
Places
Occupations
Inside of the back cover, 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Back cover of RAF tour on MV Dilwara - compiled by L. Wells - Hisham Khatib Collection, 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Image
A group portrait of RAF service men and women in uniform., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
Occupations
A group portrait of RAF service men and women at RAF Hinaidi., 1934
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
A group portrait of men in uniforms., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
Several boats off the coast of Malta., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
A group of four men., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
A man reclining with a cigarette in his hand., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
Places
Men and women at the Western Wall., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Subjects
Topics
The Western Wall., 1936-1939, bulk
object: Digital Copy Only - ref159 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
Language of Materials
English.
Extent
1 Photographic Prints
