A soldier in the Territorial Army who fought in the Iraq war sketched some of his experiences while serving in a field hospital.

Tony Green Lance Corporal Tony Green, 30, from Culham, near Abingdon, made pen and ink drawings of colleagues and patients, who included Iraqi prisoners, as well as everyday life in the 202 Field Hospital Midlands (Volunteers).

An exhibition, which includes some souvenirs of the war, is being staged at the Vale and Downland Museum, in Church Street, Wantage, from August 23 until September 19. Mr Green, the customer service manager at Reading Jobcentre, said his tour of duty last year began in Kuwait in a tented hospital and ended at a permanent hospital south of Basra.

He added: "202's doctors, nurses, paramedics, cooks, clerks, engineers and drivers -- all part-time soldiers from the reserve forces -- helped to treat both battle casualties from both sides and the civilian population, tragically caught in the middle.

"War certainly taught me to appreciate life, but there wasn't a day when we didn't laugh about something.

"For example, a soldier woke up screaming and writhing about because he thought there was something in his bed. There was -- but it turned out to be his beret.

"I worked as a clerk keeping track of patients. When there was time I would make pen and ink sketches in a notebook.

"I did some work in watercolour too. When I got back I used the sketches to do some paintings in acrylic. While people around me were snapping away with cameras, I wanted to sketch. I just thought sketching and drawing caught more of the atmosphere of what it was like."

Mr Green's pictures from Iraq can also be seen at www.warartiraq.freehosting.net