Chaplains Ernest Northcroft Merrington (left) and Alfred Charles Plane, and Lieutenant James ...

Accession Number C02638
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Egypt: South Egypt, Luxor
Date made c 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Chaplains Ernest Northcroft Merrington (left) and Alfred Charles Plane, and Lieutenant James Martyn Clerke (later Major, 3rd Light Horse Brigade), seated above a wharf on the Nile. The masts of feluccas are visible immediately behind them, and the hill overlooking the Valley of the Kings can be seen in the distance, on the far side of the Nile.