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'The Court. Major Grafftey Smith. Capt Rich. Sgt Corrie. Capt S H Reddish. 2/Lt Hiddlestone’, ‘Crossing the Line' ceremony, HMT Orion en route to Egypt, 1941
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Accession Number

NAM.1975-03-63-4-20

Description

Photograph: 'Crossing the Line' Ceremony. The Court. Major Grafftey Smith. Capt Rich. Sgt Corrie. Capt S H Reddish. 2/Lt Hiddleston. Shows a group of five people in fancy dress, one of the men is speaking through a megaphone and another is dressed as Neptune, also visible is a box bearing an offering of food, box is inscribed, 'Andrews / Liver Salt'. ‘Crossing the Line' is a naval initiation ceremony for sailors and passengers crossing the Equator for the first time. From a photograph album containing 232 group photographs compiled by Maj Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1941. Photographs are scenes on board the troopship HMT Orion, mainly of recreational activities, en route to South Africa. With captions taken from a separate index volume. Associated with World War Two (1939-1945).

Campaigns

World War Two (1939-1945)