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'Initiates. Capt Byass. P.C. (Lt) Dodds’, ‘Crossing the Line' ceremony, HMT Orion en route to Egypt, 1941
photograph, photograph
Accession Number

NAM.1975-03-63-4-21

Description

Photograph: 'Crossing the Line' Ceremony. Initiates. Capt Byass. P.C. (Lt) Dodds. Shows two men in swimming clothes walking along the edge of a swimming pool, a large crowd is visible to the right hand side of the photograph. ‘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)