NAM.2002-07-204-1

Photograph of Rev Hugh Rowlands Gough, 7th Bn London Rifle Brigade, 1942 (c). Rev Gough is shown wearing woolly jumper and shorts, holding a service book and standing to the side of a small table at an unknown location in the desert. The table is covered with a tablecloth and set up for a service of holy communion, with a chalice, a glass vessel holding wine and a second vessel holding water. Behind the chalice and vessels are a portable altar and cross. A small piece of paper bearing a printed illustration which depicts the badge of the Royal Army Chaplains Department is attached to the top left hand corner of the photograph. One of seven photographs associated with Rev Hugh Rowlands Gough, 7th Bn London Rifle Brigade, 1942 (c). Associated with World War Two, North Africa (1940-1943). Rev Gough was wounded in the legs during the battle of El Alamein, 1942. He served in the Western Desert and Tunisia as a chaplain in 7th Bn London Rifle Brigade.

World War Two, North Africa (1940-1945)

El Alamein, 2nd Battle of, 1942 (World War Two, North Africa 1940-1945)