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World War I Images From National Library of SchotlandCreated by: PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search EngineDated: 1914
King George V and Allied commanders, France, during World War I
World War I (WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, or the Great War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. World War I Images From National Library of Schotland.
These photographs form part of the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928), held by the National Library of Scotland. More information is available from the Library's Digital Archive.

Like many World War I generals, Haig remains a controversial figure. The collection contains diaries, papers and photographs from every part of Haig’s career, the Great War diaries being of special importance to historians.

Photographs in the "Official Photographs" series (which were destined for publication and have captions on the back describing the image) are in black-and-white. World War I saw the development of a system of 'official’ reporting by professionals especially recruited into the forces. Initially reluctant to allow cameras near the fighting, it took some time for the authorities to appreciate the propaganda and recording potential of photography.

These photographs provide us with an invaluable record of how the Government and Military wanted the war perceived. Official photographers were encouraged to record morale-boosting scenes of victory and comradeship. Despite the restrictions placed on them, official war photographers succeeded in giving the most comprehensive visual account of the war. It is important to remember that these images were propaganda; few that could depict the war in a disheartening or disconcerting way passed the censors. As a result the photograph taken was often posed. They were intended to reassure those at home and boost morale. They were printed in newspapers, and were intended to confirm that 'Tommy' was winning the war.
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One of our Tanks at Flers, Flanders

One of our Tanks at Flers, Flanders

A tank is surrounded by infantrymen at Flers in France. The manner in which the soldiers are gathered together around the tank and looking directly at the camera, suggests that this could be a staged photograph... More

Judging a police turnout during World War I

Judging a police turnout during World War I

Horse show behind the Front Line during World War I. A sturdy hunter-type horse stands facing to the left. His rider is in full military attire and sits tall and proud on his horse. The judge stands at the back... More

Scene in a front line trench, Flanders

Scene in a front line trench, Flanders

This shows a section of trench about one metre deep, but built up with sandbags to about two metres height on the front side. Three soldiers in the foreground have turned to look at the camera. They have bayone... More

Some boys waiting to have a bath

Some boys waiting to have a bath

Members of the South African Native Labour Corp queuing for the showers, France, during World War I. This very personal moment is thought to have been captured by the photographer John Warwick Brooke. These men... More

Bridging a stream, Flanders during World War I

Bridging a stream, Flanders during World War I

A working party of soldiers, possibly Royal Engineers, build a wooden bridge over a small stream. The construction of roads, railways and bridges was essential to an army's success. Without an effective transpo... More

Crawling back to our lines after he was wounded, Flanders

Crawling back to our lines after he was wounded, Flanders

Solitary soldier crawling across a snow-covered landscape, heading in the direction of a nearby trench. He is wearing a long overcoat and steel helmet, and despite the suggestion in the existing caption that he... More

Soldiers during their spare time collect plants and flowers to decorate the graves of our heroes

Soldiers during their spare time collect plants and flowers to decorat...

Three soldiers are watering and tending some very tidy and carefully organised graves. Each grave is marked by a ring of stones and a wooden cross. In the background, are high walls with creepers and trailing v... More

Telling the tale!, Flanders during World War I

Telling the tale!, Flanders during World War I

Two gas sentries having a chat with a medical officer. Both the gas sentries are members of Scots regiments, and one is wearing a kilt. One man is sitting on the remains of a stone wall, next to a wall of sandb... More

Corner of the great heap of bombs and stores let by the Germans when they were driven out of St. Pierre Divion

Corner of the great heap of bombs and stores let by the Germans when t...

This photograph, probably taken by John Warwick Brooke shows a pile of helmets, bombs and ammunition stores abandoned by the German forces when the Allies captured St Pierre Divion on 13th November, 1916. After... More

Immense R.A.F. machine ready to start with its load of bombs for Germany

Immense R.A.F. machine ready to start with its load of bombs for Germa...

R.A.F. planes being loaded with munitions, France, during World War I. The people involved in this scene are all engrossed in their activities and as a result unaware of the camera. The size and power of these ... More

Rest on their way to the trenches, Flanders

Rest on their way to the trenches, Flanders

Infantry resting in the snow, Western Front, France, during World War I. This photograph, probably by John Warwick Brooke, shows a group of infantry, ten men with one officer, resting in the snow. Two men are s... More

Once a German dugout where they had an ammunition depot

Once a German dugout where they had an ammunition depot

A captured German dugout that, according to this photographs original caption, was probably an ammunition depot. Note the brickwork supports to the tunnel entrance and shell-damaged concrete roof above the door... More

Many shells fell among our men as they took the crest

Many shells fell among our men as they took the crest

The photographer appears to have taken this picture lying flat in a field. The furrows and undulations of the field look to be quite deep. The stones and chunks of mud look very large, making the whole area qui... More

Outpost trench built around a cottage, Flanders

Outpost trench built around a cottage, Flanders

A machine-gun unit are using a cottage as a useful outpost. The gun itself is positioned to fire through the cottage window. The remainder of the group are standing below the line of fire in a defended trench. ... More

Combien? [How much?], Flanders during World War I

Combien? [How much?], Flanders during World War I

Holding an auction. There is a kilted soldier standing in the window embrasure of a derelict house. There appears to be no roof and there is grass growing in the house. The soldier is holding out the bottle to ... More

View of Amiens during World War I

View of Amiens during World War I

British soldier observing the skyline of Amiens, in France, during World War I. With the Cathedral dominating the skyline, this photograph shows a British soldier taking in a view of the town of Amiens with its... More

Halt on their way to the trenches, Flanders

Halt on their way to the trenches, Flanders

Pausing for a rest, France, during World War I. The photographer has captured a group of soldiers pausing for a while in this snow-covered landscape. According to the original caption, they are on their way to ... More

German Regiment Commanders captured by the Canadians

German Regiment Commanders captured by the Canadians

German officers after capture by a Canadian regiment. In the photograph four German officers, who are captives of a Canadian regiment, stand chatting and smoking. The relaxed air of the men in the picture, comp... More

Ruins of church in Bapaume, Flanders

Ruins of church in Bapaume, Flanders

The church is framed by a hole in the brick wall through which the photograph is taken. The church itself still remains fairly intact although the roof has been blown off and the buildings round the back are fa... More

Watching the Boche trench through a periscope, Flanders

Watching the Boche trench through a periscope, Flanders

As this photograph shows, it was not only submarines that needed periscopes during World War I. This ingenious method of keeping watch on the enemys movements was certainly much safer than putting ones head abo... More

Control man points out to a driver an important notice

Control man points out to a driver an important notice

Caution notice for cars, France, during World War I. A soldier is pointing out a notice to the driver of an army car. The notice warns cars to drive slowly to avoid creating a dust cloud, which the enemy could ... More

Freedom of Cupar to F.M. Sir Douglas Haig

Freedom of Cupar to F.M. Sir Douglas Haig

Haig in Cupar, Fife, 1919. The road into Cupar, Fife, lined with people including a military Guard of Honour. The road has been decorated with two triumphal arches, flags and bunting. A single figure, possibly ... More

Pathetic scene. A refugee with her dog, Flanders

Pathetic scene. A refugee with her dog, Flanders

Refugee woman and her dog, France, during World War I. This photograph, attributed to John Warwick Brooke, shows a woman and a small dog sitting on a horse-drawn cart which is loaded high with chairs, bedding a... More

Irish troops from North and South were present at the ceremony

Irish troops from North and South were present at the ceremony

Irish soldiers huddle round the grave of Major Redmond. The grave is covered with wreaths and flowers, and is sheltered by a large hedge. The soldiers look clean and well presented for this visit to the gravesi... More

Liut. General Sir John Cowan, Q.M.G., of the British Army (on right)

Liut. General Sir John Cowan, Q.M.G., of the British Army (on right)

Lieutenant General Sir John Cowans, France, during World War I. This posed but informal shot shows two senior officers talking. They are leaning on wooden rails outside a building. The original caption identifi... More

View of the altar in Amiens Cathedral showing the protective measures taken inside the Cathedral

View of the altar in Amiens Cathedral showing the protective measures ...

The wooden supports that were built to shield the altar at Amiens Cathedral from shell damage. In addition to these supporting planks, sandbags were also used to protect the interior furnishings and ornaments f... More

British Tommy felling a tree, Flanders

British Tommy felling a tree, Flanders

A soldier dressed in 'civvy street dungarees cutting down a tree with an axe. In the background stands another British 'Tommy wearing his working clothes and looking towards the camera. The effects of deforesta... More

German prisoners making themselves useful as stretcher bearers

German prisoners making themselves useful as stretcher bearers

German prisoners of war acting as stretcher bearers, World War I. There is a long line of men, with their backs to the camera, pushing handcarts along a wide dusty road. The houses in the picture are bombed-out... More

Captured German gun position under the ground, Flanders

Captured German gun position under the ground, Flanders

A captured German gun which has been placed underground, possibly in a dugout. All that is visible is the end of the barrel. Corrugated iron has been used to build the shelter or dugout. The surrounding area is... More

Unloading ammunition, Flanders during World War I

Unloading ammunition, Flanders during World War I

This busy scene is thought to be the work of the official war photographer, John Warwick Brooke. The whole image is a scene of movement, concentration and hard work. None of the soldiers are particularly aware ... More

Canadian forestry - skidding during World War I

Canadian forestry - skidding during World War I

A man wearing dungarees and a felt hat dominates the middle of the photograph. He is following two horses dragging a log towards the skeleton structure of a vast stack. Two men are standing watching him in the ... More

Continuous shell-fire has made this sign necessary, Flanders

Continuous shell-fire has made this sign necessary, Flanders

Ypres, Belgium, during World War I. A single soldier is sitting on a pile of rubble in front of ruins painted with the name ' Ypres.'..Ypres became a symbol of the devastation of the war. For most of the war it... More

View of Cambrai from the Canadian Front Line on October 1st

View of Cambrai from the Canadian Front Line on October 1st

Dead German soldier outside Cambrai, in France, during World War I. A photograph from the Canadian front line, probably taken in the final months of the war. The pretty view of the town of Cambrai, looking peac... More

Artillerymen outside dugouts, Flanders

Artillerymen outside dugouts, Flanders

This photograph shows a group of soldiers standing in the entrance to a dugout. Other men are outside, standing beside a washing line with towels on it. A pot is steaming on a brazier made of a tin drum. The ca... More

Infantry getting out of their trenches as their wave moves forward

Infantry getting out of their trenches as their wave moves forward

This image conveys a lot of the quintessential features of the war experience. These shallow trenches did not afford much cover from enemy fire, but they were more practical for launching attacks. There were mu... More

Mr. Clemenceau et le Mal. Douglas Haig

Mr. Clemenceau et le Mal. Douglas Haig

Haig and Clemenceau, Cambrai, France, October 1918. Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928) standing to the left of the French Prime Minister, Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) who is apparently talking with a coupl... More

Few of our many prisoners taken in Beaumont Hamel, Flanders

Few of our many prisoners taken in Beaumont Hamel, Flanders

The photographer has photographed lines of German prisoners standing in a barbed wire enclosure beside a railway track. One batch is being marched out down the track. The scene appears relaxed, one of the Briti... More

Members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, playing hockey, France

Members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, playing hockey, France

Context: RLS Haig "Official Photographs" > David McClellan..Page:L.494..Title:Hockey..Permanent URL:digital.nls.uk/74548620 ( http://digital.nls.uk/74548620 ) ..Description:Members of the Women's Army Auxiliar... More

Instructing men on how to avoid injuring horses feet

Instructing men on how to avoid injuring horses feet

A lecture at a depot in France. A more tranquil and regimented view of the war experience is presented to the viewer here. ..This sort of image would have made ideal propaganda material, with its implications o... More

Canadian Band during World War I

Canadian Band during World War I

A small military band has been drawn up in formation while a conductor stands at the front facing them. The ground looks very rough and is covered with ice and snow. ..Diversions like forming a band not only al... More

American and British troops in France enjoying a game of cards

American and British troops in France enjoying a game of cards

This shot shows a group of two British and two American soldiers crouched around a wooden crate on which they are playing a card game. Other troops watch rather self-consciously. In the background are the tents... More

Scene near Thelus, Flanders during World War I

Scene near Thelus, Flanders during World War I

A pile of rubble which is backed by a field. The back of this field is edged with a line of trees in the distance. Within this field two explosions have just occurred- leaving two plumes of smoke behind them. T... More

Some of our troops entering town of Peronne, Flanders

Some of our troops entering town of Peronne, Flanders

A unit of twenty or thirty British soldiers are marching in formation up a street, with an officer at their head. All the men are wearing tin helmets and most have their rifles at the ready, although without fi... More

Staff of the Director of Ordnance Services

Staff of the Director of Ordnance Services

Staff of Director of Ordnance Services, France, during World War I. This posed photograph of the staff of the Director of Ordnance services shows them ranged on the steps of a chateau. Large houses were requisi... More

R.A.F. men with their pet rabbits at a Squadron near the lines

R.A.F. men with their pet rabbits at a Squadron near the lines

RAF men showing off their pet rabbits, France, during World War I. Lying underneath the fuselage of an aeroplane, these three RAF men parade their pet rabbits for the cameras inspection. Well known for their fo... More

Tommy's novel oven made out of oil drums, Flanders

Tommy's novel oven made out of oil drums, Flanders

Oil drums have been set, on their sides, into a brick wall. The tops of the cans have been turned into lids for each separate cavity. There is a soldier doubled over retrieving food from the first drum and the ... More

Trench signboard, Flanders during World War I

Trench signboard, Flanders during World War I

A British officer standing at a junction between two trenches. A fingerboard gives directions. In one direction it points to the reserve trenches. In the other direction, it reads, ' Calonne south. Down traffi... More

Royal Fusiliers going up into action

Royal Fusiliers going up into action

Marching in rows of four, a battalion of Royal Fusiliers make their way to the fighting. An officer on horseback supervises the marching, and a soldier carrying a wooden sign (perhaps to mark the different comp... More

All hot!, Flanders during World War I

All hot!, Flanders during World War I

Soldiers walking through a village. They are carrying a number of containers between them. The street they are walking along is flooded. It is a happy and informal scene, with some of the men smiling at the cam... More

Prisoners coming in from Thiepval

Prisoners coming in from Thiepval

The picture is taken from the top of an embankment looking down on a narrow road with a train track running along one side. The road is bound on each side by high, foliaged embankments which are crowned by tall... More

Advanced dressing station, Flanders

Advanced dressing station, Flanders

An ambulance parked outside a dressing station. The dressing station appears to have been set up in the ground floor of a partly demolished building, possibly a mansion or a municipal building as it has quite ... More

Two American nurses at the Front

Two American nurses at the Front

Two nurses, in the centre of the photograph, are facing the camera and leaning on the fence. The fence looks like part of a bridge and is made up of rough branches in a 'crazy' pattern. In the background wooden... More

London coffee stall at the front, Flanders

London coffee stall at the front, Flanders

Soldiers is queuing at a mobile refreshment van. The van had belonged to H- Bros., established 1892 and still bears its pre-war signs for 'Tobaccos, Cigars, Sardines, Coffee, Tea and Bovril.'] It would have bee... More

Digging a trench, Flanders during World War I

Digging a trench, Flanders during World War I

In this photograph, which is similar to one by John Warwick Brooke, soldiers are shown digging a trench, viewed between strands of barbed wire. The men have only dug to about knee level and are very exposed, so... More

Taking in water on the way up to the trenches

Taking in water on the way up to the trenches

Water being loaded into a steam engine. At the front of the photograph is a huge water tank. Its hose has been connected up to a steam locomotive. There are soldiers grouped around the base of the tank looking ... More

December 19, 1918 during World War I

December 19, 1918 during World War I

Parade through London, England, 19 December 1918. Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928) and two other officers being driven past Buckingham Palace, London in an open horse-drawn carriage. This is one of two pho... More

H.M. and General Petain during World War I

H.M. and General Petain during World War I

King George V (on the right) and M. le Mare?chal Ptain. They are standing in what looks like a large town square. It is an unusual image in that most other photographs of the King include an entourage of high-r... More

Cavalry grazing horses during World War I

Cavalry grazing horses during World War I

There is a paddock enclosed by a short, crude fence in the middle of the photograph. This butts up against a narrow river which has a fast flowing weir further up its banks. There are five soldiers sitting, rel... More

Rolling a huge shell up to the gun, Flanders

Rolling a huge shell up to the gun, Flanders

This photograph shows a team of four soldiers rolling a very large shell up a set of small rails, presumably towards the gun. Another group of four stand in the background preparing to unload the next shell fr... More

Interior of Arras Cathedral during World War I

Interior of Arras Cathedral during World War I

Minus its roof and showing its shell-damaged pillars, this image shows the damage to the cathedral at Arras, which was originally constructed between 1030 and 1396. Located near the River Somme, Arras was right... More

Where Tommy's footwear is repaired, Flanders

Where Tommy's footwear is repaired, Flanders

In this photograph rows of men can be seen sitting on benches, repairing army boots. The standard issue boots had steel toecaps and heels and hobnailed soles. They were of little use in the waterlogged trenches... More

Taking away a captured German gun, Flanders

Taking away a captured German gun, Flanders

Soldiers, including two wearing kilts, trying to manoeuvre a big gun. They appear to be having some difficulty. According to the photograph's original caption this is a captured German gun. The surrounding area... More

Be careful (the man on the left made this board and chessmen himself)

Be careful (the man on the left made this board and chessmen himself)

Two men on a break playing chess. Two men are sitting on a short, rough plank bench with a chess board balanced in between them. One of them is wearing a rough suit and the other a knitted thick jersey and sack... More

King of Belgium inspects a Belgian heavy battery

King of Belgium inspects a Belgian heavy battery

Two rows of men are lined up across train tracks while the officers and King Albert (1875-1934) march up and down in front. Behind the soldiers are containers on carriages and a gun on a carriage. ..Albert I re... More

Officers of the regiment watching the sports

Officers of the regiment watching the sports

Five British Cavalry officers sitting on a river bank. They are spectators at a swimming event, during World War I. Four of them have noticed the photographer and are looking over their shoulders directly into ... More

Some of our store ships alongside, Flanders

Some of our store ships alongside, Flanders

The steamship 'Stockport' (C802) is tied up at a dock. A second ship 'Westphalia' lies alongside. The Stockport is being unloaded by hand. Boxes are being carried off and moved along the quayside on sack barrow... More

Tanks attack on Thiepval, Flanders

Tanks attack on Thiepval, Flanders

Tank moving across a battlefield at Thiepval, France. The tank appears to be moving over the top of a trench. In the trench there is a group of soldiers carefully watching it, they are all wearing steel helmets... More

Coldstreamers march  past the Duke of Connaught after the inspection

Coldstreamers march past the Duke of Connaught after the inspection

The Duke of Connaught inspecting a long line of troops as they march past. According to the photograph's original caption the troops are members of the Coldstream Guards...[Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS... More

Boarding buses to go back for a rest after the hard fighting at Monchy

Boarding buses to go back for a rest after the hard fighting at Monchy

Troop transport buses, Monchy, France, during World War I. Heavily-laden infantrymen boarding some double-decker transport buses. A pick and shovel carried on each bus are a reminder that vehicles of all sorts ... More

Camp of an anit-aircraft gun crew, Flanders

Camp of an anit-aircraft gun crew, Flanders

There is a lorry disappearing off the bottom right of the image, which carries a large fixed gun as its load. There are a lot of soldiers grouped around the machinery of the gun with their heads together. There... More

Group of six German prisoners taken in one of our recent successful offensives

Group of six German prisoners taken in one of our recent successful of...

Six German soldiers stand in a row on the battlefield. Five of the men wear long overcoats, but the officer on the right is in his uniform jacket. They have been disarmed but several still carry their gas masks... More

Boche gun in concrete pit, one shell jambed in breech and one in mouth of gun to stop us using it against its owners

Boche gun in concrete pit, one shell jambed in breech and one in mouth...

This photograph is a confused jumble of masonry and weaponry. What appears to have once been a wall now has a hole in it, through which a gun barrel is protruding. The end of it has been 'stopped.' There is not... More

Two men of the Coldstream Guards having a drink from a forward water supply

Two men of the Coldstream Guards having a drink from a forward water s...

Two uniformed men standing over a supply of drinking water. There is a large metal water tank next to the two men, with a sign which states 'DRINKING WATER ONLY.' A pile of sandbags has been carefully stacked b... More

Huge German raider brought down in France

Huge German raider brought down in France

Wrecked German aircraft, France, during World War I. This image would have made ideal propaganda material. Official war photographers were allocated to the Western Front by the propaganda office, with a remit t... More

King in a gun pit during World War I

King in a gun pit during World War I

King George V inspecting a gun emplacement, Western Front, during World War I. HRH King George V of Britain (1865-1936) inspecting a gun emplacement. To the extreme right, two officers are visible, the nearer o... More

Comfort in a dug-out, Flanders during World War I

Comfort in a dug-out, Flanders during World War I

An interior shot of a wood-lined room. According to the photograph's original caption it is the inside of a dugout. It has been carefully constructed with a beam running along the ceiling, and a supporting wood... More

Grave of German Airman - Baron Von Richthofen at Sailly le Sec, Somme

Grave of German Airman - Baron Von Richthofen at Sailly le Sec, Somme

Red Baron's grave, Sailly le Sec, France, 1918. The grave of Manfred von Richthofen (1892-1918), better known as the 'Red Baron'. Richthofen was a cavalry officer who became the most famous of all the World War... More

Type of German prisoners captured in the new push, Flanders

Type of German prisoners captured in the new push, Flanders

Portrait of a German prisoner. He is wearing a cloth over his head and a jacket with '102' on the left epaulette. The closeness of the subject forces one to look closely at his face and into his eyes...Whilst m... More

Canadians of the first platoon to enter Valenciennes from the west

Canadians of the first platoon to enter Valenciennes from the west

Canadian troops storming fortifications at Valenciennes, France, during World War I. Canadian soldiers running through a debris-strewn wasteland towards the walls of Valenciennes. In the foreground, the leading... More

Two of the best houses left in Gommecourt after our artillery had finished with it

Two of the best houses left in Gommecourt after our artillery had fini...

This rather misty and atmospheric picture is thought to be the work of John Warwick Brooke, one of the first two official British war photographers sent to the Western Front. This image is one of many which doc... More

It just missed us, Flanders during World War I

It just missed us, Flanders during World War I

Shell hole, Western Front. Soldiers laughing as they peer through a shell hole in a brick wall. Their cheerful faces and the lighthearted caption are at odds with the truth that the constant shelling was one of... More

Battered by continual shelling, Flanders

Battered by continual shelling, Flanders

These buildings probably once lined a street in the village of Pys. They have all been irreparably damaged by shellfire. The ground is littered with bricks and other debris. The building nearest the camera has ... More

Letter home!, Flanders during World War I

Letter home!, Flanders during World War I

A Scottish soldier writing a letter. He is sitting on the top step of a spiral staircase leading to nowhere. The staircase has either been taken from a building and placed outside, or it is the only remnant of ... More

One of the lady ambulance drivers underneath her car attending to something that has gone wrong

One of the lady ambulance drivers underneath her car attending to some...

A female ambulance driver appears from under her vehicle. She has probably been making repairs to it, her hands are oily and she looks as though she is wearing some sort of protective overalls. She wears a dirt... More

Saved by shrapnel helmet, Flanders

Saved by shrapnel helmet, Flanders

Soldier demonstrates his scar and pierced helmet, during World War I. This photograph would have made ideal propaganda material as its accompanying caption demonstrates. The soldier in the middle of the scene i... More

Officers and men of a Field Ambulance somewhere in France

Officers and men of a Field Ambulance somewhere in France

Officers and men of the Ambulance Corps standing in front of a large building in France. A few of the men in the front row are holding small dogs. Some of the men in the back are sitting on top of two large veh... More

Homeward bound: a scout returning to her aerodrome

Homeward bound: a scout returning to her aerodrome

Plane flying over her aerodrome, France, during World War I. The quality of the light reflected in the puffy but menacing bank of clouds must have been a photographer's delight. The sense of grandeur and achiev... More

What remains of the railway line at Miraumont-le-Grand

What remains of the railway line at Miraumont-le-Grand

A fairly typical scene at the Front. Much of the land close to the fighting became muddy and waterlogged and, as a result, hazardous. Although the original caption mentions the railway line at Miraumont-le-Gran... More

They take a great pride in the appearance of their horses, and this man is in charge of one of the best trimmed horses in the Camp

They take a great pride in the appearance of their horses, and this ma...

Indian cavalryman with his horse, France, during World War I. This photograph shows a member of the Indian Army cavalry standing, holding a grey horse by the head collar. The man is wearing a dark turban, crava... More

His Eminence addressing the Dublin Fusiliers Brigade from a cart

His Eminence addressing the Dublin Fusiliers Brigade from a cart

Cardinal Bourne is seen here standing on the back of a horse-drawn cart. According to the photograph's original caption, he is addressing the Dublin Fusiliers Brigade. A uniformed man sits on the bench of the c... More

British Tommies passing an observation balloon which went up within 400 yards of the advancing enemy and withstood an hours attack before being brought down

British Tommies passing an observation balloon which went up within 40...

This photograph shows a group of British soldiers walking past an observation balloon that had been shot down. During the course of the war, balloons became increasingly vulnerable to attack from aircraft carry... More

American during World War I

American during World War I

Photographs of American soldiers, nurses, war correspondents and labour representatives...digital.nls.uk/75209781 ( http://digital.nls.uk/75209781 )

German anti-tank rifle and a British rifle, France, during World War I

German anti-tank rifle and a British rifle, France, during World War I

This photograph contrasts a German anti-tank rifle with a British rifle. It seems likely that the British weapon is a Lee-Enfield rifle, which was issued to soldiers as a general infantry weapon. This German an... More

Officer, a sergeant and a private soldier of the Northumberland Fusiliers

Officer, a sergeant and a private soldier of the Northumberland Fusili...

Northumberland Fusiliers, Western Front, during World War I. This photograph is a group shot of (from left to right) a sergeant, an officer and a private of the Northumberland Fusiliers. This regiment, also kno... More

Scene in the Square at Bethune - A black and white photo of a ruined building

Scene in the Square at Bethune - A black and white photo of a ruined b...

The ruined square at Bethune, France. It is a scene of total devastation and destruction. Whilst a number of buildings have been left standing, none remain untouched. A clock tower leans precariously to one sid... More

War!, Flanders during World War I

War!, Flanders during World War I

The war experience of most ordinary soldiers is summed up in this image. The soldiers and their steel hats, tucked into their trench; the duckboards for access over the top; the donkeys and carriages transporti... More

Note the frost on the trees, Flanders

Note the frost on the trees, Flanders

Army carts, Western Front, during World War I. Horse-drawn army carts being driven down a road on a frosty day. The frost and ice would have presented problems with all forms of transport, although at times it ... More

Types of men who are fighting for you, Flanders

Types of men who are fighting for you, Flanders

Two corporals, Western Front, during World War I. The unknown photographer who took this image of two young corporals appears to have been trying to show physical opposites. One man is quite short and burly and... More

One of the tanks waiting to move forward

One of the tanks waiting to move forward

Fighting in Champagne. Troops with an Allied tank preparing to go into action, in France, during World War I. British and the French soldiers with one of the tanks that were at the cutting edge of new military ... More

Scene in a captured village, Flanders

Scene in a captured village, Flanders

Two British soldiers sitting on the ground, leaning against a brick building. They are both looking at a small booklet or pamphlet, and appear to be amused by what they are reading. The man on the right has a b... More

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