The Empire Called and I Answered

I have lately been given access to a small collection of photos owned by 4755 Private Patrick Heneberry O'Callaghan of the 12th Field A...

 In the above photo, the stretcher-bearer in the front row, far right, has been identified by John McKenzie as his grandfat...

“Back from the line unwashed, unshaved.  The brothers Williams, both as fit as fiddles, France 8/5/17”.  It has taken a while to load ...

Back to the Williams' brothers photograph album, featuring men of the 6th and 12 Field Ambulance Brigades in France and Belgium in 1916 ...

The man standing in the doorway was identified on the back as W Keating.  On the same embarkation roll page for Gordon Williams was a Walt...

"FOUR TERRIBLE ZAMBAKS Frank Smiley, Sgt Eaton, Gordon & I To dear Stan with love from Harold. France 14/6/17".  Gor...

The caption on the back of this photo reads "Arrived 20/9/17".   The Unit War Diary says that on 19th September the Unit moved t...

3355 George Gordon Williams is standing on the right in the photo above,  but who is on the left?  He is wearing a nice watch.

"Tent Group outside waggons at Oasis". "Tent pitching Showing Heliopolis.  Col Hardie, Capt...

Based on the fact that Gordon Williams seems to have usually had his photo taken with a pipe between his teeth, I am speculating that the ...

These photos seem to represent the same man.  He appears wearing a pith helmet in the Middle East, which means he would ha...

These photos are details from photos that I have enlarged to try and capture the faces. 

Walter Keating and Charles Watson embarked with 6 Field Ambulance in 1915.  Albert Inch embarked with 4  Field Ambulance in 1914.  ...