Photographs
Palestine: 1947
Mr John Searby has kindly allowed us to publish his photographs here
This selection of photographs is from John's time in Palestine and includes Palestine, Israel, Eqypt, Sarafand, Nathanya, Port-Said, Tel-Letwinsky, Tel-Aviv, Jaffa and Trans-Jordan. John served as an MT Driver, with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment.
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- John Searby's War Department Driving Permits
- John Searby's photographs of Sumatra (1945-1946)
- John Searby's photographs of Malaya (1946)
- Major Leslie Allan Clarke, MBE.
- Malta & Palestine 1935-1936
- George Massey, Palestine 1945-1948
- A more recent Middle East campaign - Iraq, 2008
- Newsletters of the 2nd Bn - Palestine 1947-1948
To read a contemporary account of the truck that was blown up (pictures above) please visit http://www.thelincolnshireregiment.org/newsletters/1947news05_p1.pdf and http://www.thelincolnshireregiment.org/newsletters/1947news05_p2.pdf