NAM.1996-03-19-1

Occasional tablecloth originally owned by Pte Edward G Roper, 17th (County of London) Bn London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles), 1917 (c). Textile, printed with a central vignette depicting the Sphinx and the pyramids, enclosed by portraits of Allied leaders of the First World War and flags of the United Kingdom, Egypt, Italy, Belgium, Russia and France. Inscribed: ‘Souvenir of Egypt’ Associated with World War One (1914-1918). The tablecloth was possibly produced after the entry of Italy into the War (1915), but before the defeat of Russia (1917). The cloth could perhaps have been acquired during 1917-1918, when the 2/17th London Regiment served in the Middle East, although it is not known when or where Pte Roper served with the Regiment.

World War One, Egypt and Palestine (1914-1918), World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918), World War One (1914-1918)