Note on back reads:

“A group of refugees, Arabs & Syrians in the encampment in our lines. Note the donkeys carrying their ??? equipment & personal belongings. They are delighted to be in our hands.”

Evan Samuel Rees joined the army at 19 and served in the Middle East during the First World War. Medal no.1669, PTE E. S. Rees with the R.A.M.C (Royal Army Medical Corps). He survived the WW1 and returned to live at home in the Swansea area.