Collection: An Officer At Large (Part 2): Allenby, E allenby-5-3-00066-48888
Description
Photograph captioned, "Captain King-Hall, Ocean View Hotel, Durban" of officer on horseback lighting a cigarette, with a woman just visible in a nearby doorway. From a photograph album compiled by Edmund Allenby. (Allenby 5/3)
Collection
An Officer At Large (Part 2): Allenby, E
Description
This second part of the photograph album Allenby 5/3 illustrates the travels within the British Empire of a young officer, Edmund Allenby, with revealing insights into his family life, life on board ship and parades including the King's birthday parade in 1907. Allenby famously commanded the Egyptian…
Collection Terms & Categories
- War/Campaign/Operation: Peacetime
- Region: Africa
- Region: Europe
- Theme (Main): Cultures & Customs
- Theme (Main): Daily Life
- Theme (Main): Empire & Commonwealth
- Theme (Main): Natural World
- Theme (Main): Travel & Exploration
- Subject: Animals & The Natural World
- Subject: Civilians & Civ-Mil Relations
- Subject: Family & Home
- Subject: Naval, Sea & Ships
- Subject: Parades, Drills & Manoeuvres
- Subject: Peacekeeping
- Subject: Sport & Recreation
- Subject: Trade & Industry
- Subject: Transport
- Subject: Women & Society
- Item: Photographic (album)
- Item: Photographic (loose)
- Information: Visual
