H N Beckett, Tel el Kebir
Maker
Bestall (MBE) Leonard Delabere
Production date
May 1916
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
The photograph shows Harold Naylor Beckett standing in the desert at Tel el Kebir, Egypt. The photograph is glued to a page in Leo Bestall's diary and album. He has written at the bottom of the photograph: H N Beckett my pal and remains of old trenches from battle of Tel el Kebir.
Photographer, Leo Bestall.
Date, exact date unknown but probably sometime in April/May 1916 as Leo embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916.
Photographer, Leo Bestall.
Date, exact date unknown but probably sometime in April/May 1916 as Leo embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916.
Production date
May 1916
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black & white photograph.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 42 x 64mm
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Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
May 1916
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Other number(s)
19143, 91641
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