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A summary of JH Bird's postings in the RAF.

Figures standing praying at a high stone wall. Captioned 'The Jews "Wailing Wall"'.

Left - city wall on the right with fortified building in centre with tower. In the foreground a road with two figures with bundles on their heads. Captioned 'The Citadel, Arab man and woman in the foreground'.
Right - view of dome topped building…

Left - an very large ornate tomb in a church. Captioned 'The Tomb'.
Right - view through a belfry of two church bells with city in the background. Captioned 'Crusader Belfrey [sic] (with Mount of Olives in the distance)'.

Top - a fortified city gate with many people and camels in the foreground. Captioned 'Damascus Gate (Leading from the old city)'.
Bottom - an open area with trees and city walls in the background. Captioned 'Garden of Gethsemane'.

Top - a city street with buildings either side and and built up archway connecting them. Women with baskets on their heads walk on the street. Captioned 'Arch of Ecce Homo'.
Bottom - a city street with buildings either side and and arches connecting…

Top - distant view of a dome toped building with open square in front and other city buildings in the background. Captioned 'Temple Area'.
Bottom - interior of a mosque with arched doors and domed roof. Captioned 'Dome of the Rock Moriah'.

Top - distant view of cemetery with rows of headstones and memorial. Road leads up to gate on right. Captioned 'British War Cemetery'.
Bottom - view across rooftops to hill in the distance with tower on top. Domed building in middle ground.…

Three story building at a road junction in Jerusalem. Many people gathers at entrance and cars/vans parked in street to right. Captioned 'St Andrews Hostel'.

Identification kindly provided by Ed Strohmaier of the Finding the location WW1 & WW2…

Four story building with tall tower in front and domed buildings either side. Trees and formal garden in front. Captioned 'May 1944, Jerusalem, Y.M.C.A.'.

The entrance to the War Cemetery framed by a stone gateway. On the reverse 'Jerusalem, War Cemetery'.

A market view. On the reverse 'Jerusalem. Suk or market of spices'.

The exterior of a church identified as the Church of Gesthemane on the reverse.

A stone wall with a gated entrance. There are some Arabs standing outside. On the reverse 'Jerusalem, Jaffa Gate'.

A large building on a low hill identified on the reverse 'Jerusalem Rockefeller Mus. of Palestine Archaeology'.

A view over Jerusalem. On the reverse 'Jerusalem, General View'.

A church framed by an archway. On the reverse' Jerusalem, Church of the Redeemer'.

Cavalry Altar with two priests in attendance. On the reverse 'Jerusalem Cavalry Altar'.

Interior of a church identified on the reverse as 'Jerusalem Scourging Chapel'.

Inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. On the reverse 'Jerusalem. Interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre'.

A street scene with four pedestrians and three church domes. On the reverse 'Jerusalem, Via Dolorosa'.

A partially ruined stone building identified on the reverse as 'Jerusalem Citadel of David'.

A list of 12 photographs contained in the album

Album cover for Jerusalem photographs. It features the Citadel of David and is thus captioned.

Photo 1 is the exterior of the church
Photo 2 is the church interior
Photo 3 is the church interior
Photo 4 is the altar
Photo 5 is a close up of the altar
Photo 6 is a case holding five lamps
Photo 7 is the church exterior
Photo 8 is a…