Cecil Beaton (1904-1980)
SCOTS AT BARDIA, 1942. Vintage silver gelatin print, image/sheet size 25.5 x24.5mm, with British Ministry of Information typed caption affixed to verso.

Cecil Beaton made around 7,000 photographs for Britain's Ministry of Information while covering WWII as an official government photographer. In 1942, he logged his first official overseas assignment in the Middle East, beginning in North Africa. His collection of prints and negatives from the war years is held by the Imperial War Museum, London. The official caption on the verso of this print reads: British Official Photograph: Copyright Reserved. / Scots at Bardia - A Cecil Beaton Study. Picture made by Mr. Cecil Beaton during his camera tour of the Western Desert in the Spring of 1942 shows: -Three Scots among the ruins of much bombed Bardia. /CBM.1848.(Picture issued: -).