MOASCAR

All the photographs below appear to have been taken at Moascar Camp, in Ismailia or on the Suez Canal. Bill Edgington wrote notes on the back of some of them, which are shown in italics.

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1  Detachment mechanics. Bill Edgington back row on the right.

2  Shed in which we dine in course of construction.

3  RFC Camp, Ismailia. The tent in the foreground was for bomb and ammuniton storage.

4  Part of Egyptian Camp.

5  Indians practicing their aim on one of our machines coming back from a reconnaissance in case of a raid by hostile aircraft.

 

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6  Indians look out for hostile aircraft.

7  Machine gun section of Indian Regiment.

8  Indian pontoon bridge across the Suez Canal at ferry point. It was about here that the Turks tried to force a passage accross last February.

9  Naval Sports, Lake Timsah.

10 Arab workshop, Ismailia.