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A street scene in front of the el Azhar Mosque

A road bridge across the Nile. Large numbers of pedestrians are waiting on the pavement. Police on horses are doing crowd control.

A large mosque identified as The Citadel set on a low hill.

A view of a church identified as the Elizabeth Church in the list of photographs.

The railway station at Cairo at Bab el Haded Square.

A view of rooftops, mosques and minarets.

The Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo taken from the side. In the foreground are pedestrians, a cyclist, a street sweeper and a man with a horse and cart.

Mosque el Rifai, Cairo seen from street level.

A group of men standing and seated at the side of the road.

Street scene with the Tribunal Mixed (Courts) behind.

A list of 12 Cairo photographs, in English and French.

Album cover for a collection of photographs of Cairo

Winston Churchill and a group of officers being met by more officers and a photographer as he disembarks from a C-47 at Heliopolis. On the reverse 'Helio'.

A group of four, two men and two girls, all wearing roller skates. On the reverse 'Cairo Roller Rink'.

Photograph of city square, statue of man on horseback in centre, reverse captioned '6 16/9/44 Darling, Cairo! city of Mystery? in more ways than one! Love Jack XXX'.

Photo 1 - a night street scene, captioned 'Cairo Street en route to Palestine May 1946'.

Photo 2 - Denis sitting in uniform on a ship's railing. On a building is graffiti reading 'Nelson look at your heirs'. Above is the caption…

Shows entry as apprentice on 30 august 1927. Details next of kin, and description. Shows service as fitter at Gosport and Khartoum before No 4 Flying Training School, 216 Squadron and 9 Squadron. Promoted Flight Sergeant in June 1939. Discharged on 4…

Top left - three pyramids with the largest on the right. Captioned 'Pyramids of Giza'. Top right - in the centre the Sphinx with two pyramids behind. Captioned 'The Sphinx of Giza with the pyramids of Cheops & Kephern [sic]'. Centre - street scene…

Top left - view across a quiet street to the Cairo Citadel. There are a few pedestrians and palm trees in the foreground. Captioned ‘The Citadel’. Top right - in the centre is a roundabout with guards at the side of the road and pedestrians on…

Newspaper article about Halifax on tour of Rhodesia and South Africa via Bulawayo, Ndola, Nairobi, Khartoum, Cairo and Rome. Mentions demonstration flights in South Africa and that the aircraft was commanded by Squadron Leader Clyde-Smith…

This page is an entry point for a place. This heading is also used for: RAF Heliopolis; RAF Almaza. Please use the links below to see all relevant documents available in the Archive.

Top left - Stephen Dawson in airline uniform and Joy Dawson in a dress in the garden of a two story house. Captioned 'in uniform England'.

Top right - Stephen Dawson in swimming trunks sitting in a cane chair by a table under and awning in front…

Outline street map with number locations.

William Cross Memoir of a supply drop to Polish fighters. They lost an engine and struggled to maintain height. The pilot had bailed out leaving the rest of the crew to fly the aircraft. They landed successfully in Russian territory and met up with…

A list of 15 flights to and from Warsaw and aircrew. They cover from 13 Aug 1944 to 2 Nov 1944.