Reference code: GB-0033-SAD
Title: Wollen, William Russell Grant
Dates of creation: 1898-1899
Extent: 1 album
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Created by: Wollen, William Russell Grant
Language:
English
(1874 - 1901)
| | |
| 1894-1898 | Served with the Royal Engineers |
| 1898-1900 | Sapper officer with the Egyptian Army Railway Staff |
| 1898 | Served in Nile Campaign |
| 1901 | Appointed to Sudan Military Railways |
| 1901 | Died at Shendi (1 May 1901) and was the first British officer to be buried in Khartoum cemetery |
1. Photographic Material
2. Printed Material
Presented by Mr F.B. Hardinge, 1958
Catalogue
1. Photographic Material
SAD.A1/1-214
1898 - 1899
Photographs contained within a leather-bound album dating from May 1898 to 1899. The album covers Wollen's service in the Sudan, particularly the construction of the Wadi Halfa - Khartoum military railway during the Nile campaign of 1898.
Subjects include Sudan Military Railway engines, wagons and workshops at Wadi Halfa and Shendi; military manouevres and buildings at Wadi Halfa and Khartoum; the hauling of a steamer through the second cataract; the construction of a permanent
bridge across the River Atbara; Cairo street scenes; Philae temple; the construction of Khartoum; and scenes after the Battle of Omdurman, including rare photographs of three of the Mahdi's sons.
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Horse drawn carriages travelling past Shepheard's hotel, Cairo
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Interior view of the Grand Hotel staircase, Cairo
SAD.A1/3-4
Verandah of Shepheard's hotel, Cairo
SAD.A1/5
Lieutenant W.R.G. Wollen (far right), Royal Engineers and Egyptian Army, seated with a group of guests at Shepheard's hotel, probably including Winston Churchill (seated second from right)
SAD.A1/6-7
Street outside Shepheard's hotel, Cairo
SAD.A1/8
Open area in Cairo in front of buildings and palm trees
SAD.A1/9
Small mosque surrounded by trees, Cairo
SAD.A1/11
Arab traders in a horse-drawn cart delivering coal to houses along a Cairo street
SAD.A1/12
“Mr Nekegan”, possibly G. Lekegian, an Armenian photographer in Cairo
SAD.A1/13-15
Nuqurs and other sail boats moored on the Nile at Aswan
SAD.A1/16
Steamer and
nuqurs moored on a Nile reach, probably near Aswan
SAD.A1/17
Railway train on a bank of the Nile at Shellal station
SAD.A1/18
Quyasahs and
nuqurs moored on the Nile at Shellal
SAD.A1/20
View of Taufikia near Wadi Halfa from the Nile
SAD.A1/21-22
American-built Sudan Military Railway engine,
Rosairais, probably Wadi Halfa
SAD.A1/23-24
Sudan Military Railway wagons, probably Wadi Halfa
SAD.A1/25-26
Sudan Military Railway train, probably Wadi Halfa
SAD.A1/27
Sudan Military Railway train transporting gunboat sections to `Abidiya, a distance of three hundred and forty miles
SAD.A1/28
Group of officers' servants at the bank head, during the construction of the Wadi Halfa - Khartoum military railway
SAD.A1/29
American-built mogul-type Sudan Military Railway engine,
Tokar, probably Wadi Halfa
SAD.A1/30
Wollen, Royal Engineers and Egyptian Army
SAD.A1/31
Sudan Military Railway workshops at Wadi Halfa
SAD.A1/32
Egyptian Army camel
hamlah on the march, probably near Wadi Halfa
SAD.A1/33
Egyptian Army Arab baggage camels standing next to a railway track at Wadi Halfa
SAD.A1/34
Egyptian Army artillery (20lb gun) on arrival at Wadi Halfa
SAD.A1/35
Egyptian Army camel convoy leaving Wadi Halfa for Abu Hamed
SAD.A1/37
British officers' mess on a bank of the Nile at Wadi Halfa
SAD.A1/38
Old
saqiyah wheel on a bank of the Nile in front of the British officers' mess at Wadi Halfa
SAD.A1/39
Dhahabiyah moored on a bank of the Nile near Wadi Halfa
SAD.A1/40
Saqiyah on a bank of the Nile
SAD.A1/41
Lieutenant G.C.M. Hall, Royal Engineers and Egyptian Army, on a donkey
SAD.A1/42
Quyasahs sailing on the Nile past a village surrounded by palm trees, probably near Wadi Halfa
SAD.A1/43
Quyasahs sailing on the Nile
SAD.A1/45
Egyptian Army ordnance stores at Wadi Halfa
SAD.A1/46
View of Wadi Halfa from across the Nile, showing the Sirdar's house (left) and the Commandant's house (right)
SAD.A1/47
Stern wheel steamer moored on the Nile at Wadi Halfa
SAD.A1/48
Military hospital, Wadi Halfa
SAD.A1/49
View of Wadi Halfa from across the Nile, showing the Sirdar's house (left), the Commandant's house (centre) and the Egyptian Army mess (right)
SAD.A1/50
View of Wadi Halfa from across the Nile, showing the Commandant's house (left) and the Egyptian Army mess and officers' rooms (centre)
SAD.A1/51
Date palm trees near Wadi Halfa
SAD.A1/52
Egyptian Army officers standing around a decorated Sudan Military Railway engine before setting out for Atbara, en route to Omdurman
SAD.A1/53
Two `anqaribs on a bank of the Nile, the sleeping quarters of Wollen and C.F. Wanhill, Royal Army Medical Corps and Egyptian Army
SAD.A1/54
Mursa`al, an ex-convict previously imprisoned for committing seven murders, and freed on account of good service to the government
SAD.A1/55
Temple ruins, probably Philae
SAD.A1/56
Carving on the wall of a temple
SAD.A1/58
Temple of Rameses II at Abu Simbel
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Temple ruins, probably Philae
SAD.A1/61
Cattle
zariba, probably Northern Province
SAD.A1/62
Temple of Philae, with
quyasahs sailing in the foreground
SAD.A1/63
Group of villagers at a
suq, probably Northern Province
SAD.A1/65-72
Over one thousand five hundred men hauling a stern-wheel steamer through the second cataract, near Wadi Halfa, during the Nile campaign
SAD.A1/73
Arrival at Wadi Halfa by steamer of the Grenadier Guards
SAD.A1/74
Sudan Military Railway workshop, with water tanks on the right, Abu Hamed
SAD.A1/75
Group of Civil and Royal Engineers at a village south of Wadi Halfa. Featuring C.E.G. Blunt; A.E. Sandbach, Commandant, Wadi Halfa; Wollen; Mr Pidams and Saunderson (both civil engineers)
SAD.A1/76
H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught disembarking from a steamer with Captain G. McNeil
SAD.A1/77
Hauling a stern-wheel steamer through the second cataract, near Wadi Halfa, during the Nile campaign
SAD.A1/78
Wollen's house and servants' quarters at Abu Hamed, during the construction of the Wadi Halfa - Khartoum military railway
SAD.A1/79
Newly-assembled gunboats for use in the Nile campaign
SAD.A1/80
Decorated Sudan Military Railway engine at Railway Station No. 6, en route to Omdurman
SAD.A1/81
View of Railway Station No. 6, between Wadi Halfa and Abu Hamed
SAD.A1/82
American-built Sudan Military Railway engine at Railway Station No. 6, between Wadi Halfa and Abu Hamed
SAD.A1/83
Lieutenant H.A. Micklem's house at `Abidiya, where Wollen stayed during the construction of a permanent railway bridge over the River Atbara
SAD.A1/84
Newly-assembled gunboat at `Abidiya, for use in the Nile campaign
SAD.A1/85
Temporary railway siding at Wad Ramli, during the construction of the Wadi Halfa - Khartoum military railway
SAD.A1/86
View of the temporary railway bridge over the River Atbara from E.O.A. Newcombe's house on the south bank, before the construction of a permanent bridge across the River Atbara as part of the Wadi Halfa - Khartoum military railway
SAD.A1/87
View of the temporary railway bridge over the River Atbara from the north
SAD.A1/88
View of E.O.A. Newcombe's house on the south bank of the River Atbara
SAD.A1/89
Construction of a permanent railway bridge across the River Atbara as part of the Wadi Halfa - Khartoum military railway
SAD.A1/90
Last boat to leave for the Omdurman front,
Tahira, previously
Zubayr, one of Gordon's gunboats, with H.M.L. Rundle (Adjutant-General, Egyptian Army, and Chief of Staff to the Sirdar), W.H.
Drage (Assistant Adjutant-General, Egyptian Army, Supplies), and Prince Christian Victor on board
SAD.A1/91
Commandant's house, where the Sirdar and Wollen stayed for part of the Nile campaign
SAD.A1/92
Rear view of the Commandant's house, showing the stables
SAD.A1/93
Military accommodation, known as "Harmony Row", used as officers' quarters and sick lines during the construction of the Wadi Halfa - Khartoum military railway
SAD.A1/94
Distant view of Khartoum, showing Gordon College under construction (centre), from across the Nile at the 7th Sudanese Battalion camp
SAD.A1/95
Daum palm trees on a bank of the River Atbara
SAD.A1/96
Three British officers standing in front of the newly-constructed permanent railway bridge across the River Atbara, built as part of the Wadi Halfa - Khartoum military railway. Featuring from left to right: Perie, 21st Lancers; Auley, Essex
Regiment; Lieutenant H.A. Micklem, Royal Engineers
SAD.A1/97
Group of
syces holding the reins of mules and horses belonging to Royal Engineers Wollen, Lieutenant G. C.M. Hall and Lieutenant E.C. Midwinter
SAD.A1/98
Hospital building at Omdurman, formerly the house of one of the Khalifa `Abdallahi's
amirs, Shaykh al-Din
SAD.A1/99
View of the junction of the Rivers Atbara and Nile, taken from Atbara
SAD.A1/100
Repairing gunboats on the banks of the Nile at Omdurman
SAD.A1/101
Box with Arabic numbering, possibly on the battlefield of Karari, site of the Battle of Omdurman
SAD.A1/102
View of the new Governor-General's palace at Khartoum during construction, from across the Nile at Halfayat el Muluk
SAD.A1/103
Rear view of the new Governor-General's palace during construction
SAD.A1/104
View of Khartoum from across the Nile at Halfayat el Muluk, showing the daum palms next to the palace to the right
SAD.A1/105
Fisherman casting his net
SAD.A1/106
Half-length portrait of A.G. Stevenson, Loco Superintendent, Sudan Military Railway
SAD.A1/107
Lieutenant G.C.M. Hall, Royal Engineers, preparing a map
SAD.A1/108-109
Sudan Military Railway camp near Shendi, during the construction of the Wadi Halfa - Khartoum military railway
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Evening view of the river from railway camp
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Sudan Military Railway materials train, during the construction of the Wadi Halfa - Khartoum military railway
SAD.A1/112-113
Sudan Military Railway engine, originally intended for the South African Cape, used instead during the construction of the Wadi Halfa - Khartoum military railway
SAD.A1/114
Temporary diversion of rail track around the wreckage of a collision between two Sudan Military Railway engines, the
Korosko and the
Konti, at Mile 535
SAD.A1/115
Qubbahs at Jabal Umm 'Ali
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Sudan Military Railway camp at a village near Jabal Umm `Ali
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Hospital tent in a Sudan Military Railway Camp at a village near Jabal Umm `Ali
SAD.A1/118
Sudan Military Railway camp near Khor Edega
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Fourteen foot stone bank diversion over Khor Edega
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Wreckage of a collision between two Sudan Military Railway engines, the
Korosko and the
Konti, at Mile 535
SAD.A1/126
Laying rails on sleepers at the railhead
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Laying sleepers at the bankhead
SAD.A1/128
Construction of a buffer stop and water siding at the end of the Wadi Halfa - Khartoum military railway
SAD.A1/129
Laying the final rails at the end of the Wadi Halfa - Khartoum military railway
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Driving in the last spike at the end of the Wadi Halfa - Khartoum military railway
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Levelling party at the railhead
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Spiking gang at the railhead
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Labourers carrying rails at the railhead
SAD.A1/137-138
Elderly Ja`aliyin man standing next to a camel at Geili
suq
SAD.A1/139,141
Railway workers clearing earth at the bankhead
SAD.A1/140
Survey party moving through dense thicket en route to the river at Geili
SAD.A1/142
Camel
hamlah transporting survey equipment, at Sagadi
SAD.A1/144
Muhammad Absala on camelback, a guide from Atbara to Khartoum during the construction of the Wadi Halfa - Khartoum military railway
SAD.A1/145
Railway workers clearing earth at the bankhead near `Aliab and Agaba
SAD.A1/146
Railway workers cutting in the pass at the bankhead between `Aliab and Agaba
SAD.A1/147
View of tents in railway camp
SAD.A1/148
Syce holding the reins of a horse
SAD.A1/149
Unidentified man wearing Egyptian Army uniform, with tent in background
SAD.A1/150
M.E. Sowerby supervising railway workers pulling three points at Halfayat el Muluk
SAD.A1/151
Entrance to Halfayat el Muluk railway station at the end of the newly-constructed Wadi Halfa - Khartoum military railway
SAD.A1/153
Wollen's messenger and guide, `Ali, with tent in background
SAD.A1/154
Huts in a village, possibly Khartoum Province
SAD.A1/156
Lieutenant G.C.M. Hall, Royal Engineers and Egyptian Army, on horseback, with tents in background
SAD.A1/158
Lieutenant G.C.M. Hall on a donkey
SAD.A1/159
M.E. Sowerby and E.C. Midwinter, Royal Engineers and Egyptian Army, resting in a tent at midday
SAD.A1/162
Lieutenant G.C.M. Hall and his syce with a baby camel, born in the camp
SAD.A1/164
Lieutenant G.C.M. Hall drawing a map in a tent
SAD.A1/165
E.C. Midwinter on horseback, with a Mahdist prisoner captured at the battle of Firket holding the reins
SAD.A1/166
Unidentified man, possibly Wollen, sitting reading outside a tent
SAD.A1/167
al-Bushra al-Mahdi, one of the Mahdi's sons, executed at Shukkaba in Aug 1899
SAD.A1/168
Sayyid `Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi, one of the Mahdi's sons
SAD.A1/169
al-Fadil al-Mahdi, one of the Mahdi's sons, executed at Shukkaba in August 1899
SAD.A1/170
Mahmud Ahmad, Mahdist amir and leader at the battle of the Atbara, probably in Wadi Halfa prison
SAD.A1/171
Woman carrying a dish on her head, with a railway station in the background, possibly Wadi Halfa
SAD.A1/172
Lieutenant G.C.M. Hall, using a theodolite, possibly Wadi Halfa
SAD.A1/173
View from the Nile of
saqiyah and sailing boat
SAD.A1/174
Lieutenant G.C.M. Hall standing next to a ten-day old camel and its mother
SAD.A1/175
Group of people, including Lieutenant D.A. Friederichs, Royal Engineers, boarding a steamer travelling to Aswan, possibly Wadi Halfa
SAD.A1/176
E.O.A. Newcombe and Sergeant Caesar Afandi inspecting loot, including shields and clothing, taken from the battlefield at Karari after the Battle of Omdurman
SAD.A1/178
Syce holding the reins of one of Wollen's horses at Wadi Halfa
SAD.A1/179
Group of Abyssinian refugees returning to Abyssinia from Omdurman via Cairo
SAD.A1/180
Young man, standard bearer and nephew of the Khalifa `Abdallahi, wearing a patched
jibbah and holding a Mahdist flag, probably Omdurman
SAD.A1/181
Group of young men, household servants and bodyguards of the Khalifa `Abdallahi, probably Omdurman
SAD.A1/182
Lieutenant C.F. Wanhill on horseback wearing a suit of chain mail armour looted from the battlefield at Karari after the Battle of Omdurman, next to a young man, standard bearer and nephew of the Khalifa `Abdallahi, wearing a patched
jibbah and holding a Mahdist flag
SAD.A1/183
Unidentified Arab
shaykh wearing a striped robe
SAD.A1/184
Group of unidentified servants, possibly Wadi Halfa
SAD.A1/185
Sergeant Robinson holding the reins of Wollen's horse, possibly Wadi Halfa
SAD.A1/186
Group of Abyssinian refugees returning to Abyssinia from Omdurman via Cairo
SAD.A1/187
`Abd Allah, an Abyssinian captive who worked as the Khalifa `Abdallahi's boy servant and was with him at the battle of Omdurman
SAD.A1/188
Mahmud, nephew of the Mahdist
amir Mahmud Ahmad, subsequently employed as a storeman at Wadi Halfa
SAD.A1/189-190
Sudan Military Railway officers' house at Shendi
SAD.A1/191
Three of the Mahdi's sons. From left to right: al-Bushra al-Mahdi, Sayyid `Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi, al-Fadil al-Mahdi (al-Bushra and al-Fadil were executed at Shukkaba in August 1899)
SAD.A1/192
Stable in front of the Sudan Military Railway officers' house at Shendi
SAD.A1/193
E.C. Midwinter and M.E. Sowerby on the verandah of the Sudan Military Railway officers' house at Shendi
SAD.A1/194-195
Garden in front of the Sudan Military Railway officers' house at Shendi, with workshops and bakery in distance
SAD.A1/196
Engines in front of Sudan Military Railway workshops at Shendi
SAD.A1/197
Interior of Sudan Military Railway workshops at Shendi
SAD.A1/198
Sudan Military Railway workshops next to Wollen's office, Shendi
SAD.A1/199
American-built Sudan Military Railway engine,
Rosairais at Shendi
SAD.A1/200-201
Sudan Military Railway officers' house at Shendi
SAD.A1/202
Garden of the Sudan Military Railway officers' house, Shendi
SAD.A1/203,210
Sudan Military Railway workshops and office at Shendi
SAD.A1/204
Sudan Military Railway train pulling M.E. Sowerby's saloon over a bridge across Khor Edega
SAD.A1/205-206
Sudan Military Railway train pulling M.E. Sowerby and Wollen's saloons over a bridge across Khor Edega
SAD.A1/207
Sudan Military Railway locomotive,
Memnon pulling M.E. Sowerby and Wollen's saloons over a bridge across Khor Edega
SAD.A1/208
Front view of an American-built Sudan Military Railway engine with the smoke box door open and a cow-catcher attached to the buffer, Shendi
SAD.A1/209
Sudan Military Railway shunting engine,
Enterprise
SAD.A1/212-214
View of country house and gardens in England belonging to the Egerton family
2. Printed Material
Separated printed material now in Durham University Library
Printed material deposited with collection; now integrated into the library's printed collections and catalogued on the Open Public Access Catalogue
