WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-05. MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL, PRIME MINISTER OF GREAT BRITAIN, ...

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Accession Number 024756
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-08-05. MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL, PRIME MINISTER OF GREAT BRITAIN, VISITED HEADQUARTERS, 9TH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION, NEAR EL ALAMEIN. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY GENERAL SIR CLAUDE AUCHINLECK, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF MIDDLE EAST, AND OTHER HIGH RANKING ALLIED OFFICERS. HERE MR. CHURCHILL IS SEEN ALIGHTING FROM HIS CAR ON ARRIVAL AND BEING WELCOMED BY LIEUTENANT-GENERAL W.H.C. RAMSDEN, COMMANDER XXX CORPS.