Saturday 16 July 2016

Athol photo - a Summer swim in an Egyptian oasis

These images are part of my archive. They were either sent home to Adah (Athol's mother) as an enclosure with other correspondence or found with Athol's personal effects which were sent home after his death. I think this scene was referred to in the letter dated 15 July 1916 whilst Athol was serving with the Royal Flying Corps at Sherika. That letter was posted yesterday.

There are no annotations on the reverse of the photos. They are approximately 8cm x 6cm.



Although Adah had sent hundreds of parcels to Athol and the various units with whom he served, apparently none of them contained swimwear. Athol is on the far right of the bottom photo.


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