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Issue of soap and cigarettes during World War I

Issue of soap and cigarettes during World War I

On the ground in the middle of the picture are two separate stacks of boxes. Grouped around these are Manipur soldiers. One is sitting on a box looking into the camera. Beside him are two men squatting down div... More

Cooking his dinner, Flanders during World War I

Cooking his dinner, Flanders during World War I

A soldier has made himself comfortable on an old seat and is cooking on a very small open fire. Experienced soldiers were good at scrounging small luxuries, such as a few eggs or an odd chicken, to supplement t... More

French soldiers removing the wines from the cellars in Amiens into lorries

French soldiers removing the wines from the cellars in Amiens into lor...

French troops carrying boxes of Amiens wine into a lorry, France, during World War I. Some French soldiers lifting wooden boxes containing wine bottles into a lorry for transportation to a place of safekeeping.... More

Gas sentry, Flanders during World War I

Gas sentry, Flanders during World War I

A sentry watching for any sign of gas attacks. He is squatting beside a notice which reads, 'gas gong'. The gong appears to be a large metal drum, like an oil drum. The drumstick is hanging from a string tied t... More

Mascot of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers; ready to parade, Flanders

Mascot of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers; ready to parade, Flanders

A fully uniformed soldier wearing a flat cap and puttees is looking into the camera. He is holding a leash on the end of which is the fluffiest white goat with a huge set of dangerous looking curved horns. The ... More

Corner where the Boche formerly kept his ammunition, Flanders

Corner where the Boche formerly kept his ammunition, Flanders

The remains of a large wooden shed are clearly visible here. The surrounding scene is one of chaos, with sections of wood and numerous small wicker baskets littering the ground. Although the original caption su... More

Decorating troops - Public domain photogrpaph

Decorating troops - Public domain photogrpaph

Duke of Connaught decorating a young sergeant, France, during World War I. In the foreground HRH Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942) is pinning a decoration on a very tense young sergeant. The sergeant is wea... More

View of an advanced R.E. depot - huts built in old trenches

View of an advanced R.E. depot - huts built in old trenches

Down the left of the photograph is a thick wood which stops suddenly and gives way to a flat rocky plain. There are scars on the plain which turn out to be trenches. In some places along the trenches, sloping r... More

Brigadier general points out the place where he was wounded to a Belgian general

Brigadier general points out the place where he was wounded to a Belgi...

A brigadier general points to the location on the battlefield where he was wounded. In his right hand he is holding a pair of binoculars. He points for the benefit of the Belgian general, standing on his left. ... More

Wiring trees which we have fallen across a canal to hang up the enemy

Wiring trees which we have fallen across a canal to hang up the enemy

This photograph shows four soldiers attaching barbed wire around trees as a barrier. It has been estimated that about 350,000,000 square metres of barbed wire were used on the Western Front...Clearing the barbe... More

Shell bursting on the Boche line, Flanders

Shell bursting on the Boche line, Flanders

This lifeless scene is thought to be the work of the war photographer, John Warwick Brooke. It was more usual for 'action' photographs to be staged, due to the danger and spontaneity of the situation. This scen... More

American & British officers in France discussing equipment

American & British officers in France discussing equipment

Two Americans and a British officer. One of the Americans is showing what appears to be a bowl with a detachable lid, possibly a US army issue mess tin. The American on the left has the collar badge of an infan... More

Bidding good-bye to Divisional Commander Primo de Rivera and Brigadier General Martinez Anido on the roadside

Bidding good-bye to Divisional Commander Primo de Rivera and Brigadier...

Departure of Spanish officers, France. Two cars are waiting on a muddy road with a little outhouse building in the background. Two cars are parked up. One of the men is already in the car and being wished well ... More

Scene near the front line in the Ypres salient

Scene near the front line in the Ypres salient

Canadian soldier's grave, Ypres Salient, Belgium, during World War I. Two soldiers look at the grave of a Sapper I. B[E]YNO[?] of the Canadian Engineers. This is probably Sapper Ivor Beynon, a railway worker bo... More

Shrine shattered by a German shell in the firing area

Shrine shattered by a German shell in the firing area

Shell-damaged shrine, Western Front, during World War I. This photograph shows two kilted soldiers looking at a shrine damaged by shelling. The shrine, which appears to have been a hexagonal structure built of ... More

Hero leaves the village during World War I

Hero leaves the village during World War I

Turnip Tops' amateur dramatics group, France, during World War I. Soldiers were largely responsible for entertaining themselves during the quieter periods of their duties. As a result a lot of amateur dramatic ... More

A.C.S. steam engine driver receives news from home, Flanders

A.C.S. steam engine driver receives news from home, Flanders

Two men standing next to a steam engine. The man on the left is preoccupied with reading a letter. The other man appears to be cleaning or adjusting one of the lights at the front of the vehicle. Embossed on th... More

Sugar refinery at Jeancourt, Flanders

Sugar refinery at Jeancourt, Flanders

All that is left of the sugar refinery at Jeancourt. In the foreground there is a pile of machinery from the refinery, surrounded by debris. Nothing appears to have been left standing. It is a scene of complete... More

Air raid damage done at one of the hospitals of the St. John's Ambulance Association

Air raid damage done at one of the hospitals of the St. John's Ambulan...

A row of wooden huts have had their windows smashed and their doors have been blown off. Much of the debris lies in front of the huts. The roof and covered walkway are still intact however... This sort of scene... More

Advanced dressing station during World War I

Advanced dressing station during World War I

The left of the photograph is dominated by a shelter. This shelter is made of sandbags and has a very wide door less entrance. On the ground outside are two rows of duckboards. There are pieces of equipment lea... More

Lodging at Langemark, Flanders during World War I

Lodging at Langemark, Flanders during World War I

Three artillery officers looking out of the entrance to their makeshift shelter. The shelter has been constructed from wooden crates and corrugated iron. They are all looking directly at the camera and smiling.... More

Bringing in a slightly wrecked aeroplane across captured ground, Flanders

Bringing in a slightly wrecked aeroplane across captured ground, Fland...

Wrecked aeroplane on a transport lorry, during World War I. The caption that matches this scene claims that this area has been recently captured and the suggestion is that this wrecked aeroplane was involved in... More

Boche store train smashed by our shells at Clary Station, near Peronne

Boche store train smashed by our shells at Clary Station, near Peronne

A long line of open-topped railway carriages have been shattered by shellfire. They are carrying wood, a valuable resource for both sides at the Front. Railways were a vital means of transporting troops, suppli... More

Cup that cheers, Flanders during World War I

Cup that cheers, Flanders during World War I

The photographer has recorded a group of soldiers sheltering from a blizzard at a mobile Divisional Canteen. Their cap badges identify the men as members of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. To the left alongsid... More

Canadian troops returning from trenches pass pack mules loaded with ammunition on way to the guns

Canadian troops returning from trenches pass pack mules loaded with am...

Two rows of armed and helmeted soldiers march towards the camera. On their left a row of soldiers and mules carrying panniers walk away from the photographer. The 'road' they are walking on consists of deep, ch... More

Some of the Gordons resting in a shell hole, Flanders

Some of the Gordons resting in a shell hole, Flanders

Dressed in their regimental kilts and with their mess tins and shovels beside them, this image shows a group of Gordon Highlanders taking a rest from their rear line duties. The shovels and big mound of earth i... More

Prince of Wales inspecting a band of a regiment in France

Prince of Wales inspecting a band of a regiment in France

The Prince of Wales can be seen here inspecting a regimental band - he is furthest to the right in front. The band members are all standing to attention in a snow-covered field as the Prince and his entourage w... More

Captured German guns, France, after August 1918

Captured German guns, France, after August 1918

Allied officers, one with a bandaged head, examine lines of captured German guns. Several of the guns have been painted with a very basic camouflage. Painted on the guns are the names of the units which capture... More

Some jolly gunners and their pet, Flanders

Some jolly gunners and their pet, Flanders

Artillery team with their gun, Western Front, during World War I. This photograph shows a group of men from the Royal Regiment of Artillery, photographed alongside a long-barrelled field gun. For the occasion, ... More

Laying down a railroad through the forest

Laying down a railroad through the forest

Canadian loggers laying a railway track. The unfinished track runs diagonally across the picture. It is being laid through the middle of a dense forest. The foliage from the trees has been packed up against tho... More

One of the enemy who was killed by Canadian Cavalry a few minutes before-hand

One of the enemy who was killed by Canadian Cavalry a few minutes befo...

Dead German soldier, Western Front, during World War I. This photograph shows a dead German soldier crumpled into the shallow pit in which he had been sheltering. Beside him stands a Canadian soldier, identifia... More

Ambulance cars awaiting orders in the snow, Flanders

Ambulance cars awaiting orders in the snow, Flanders

Red Cross ambulances parked along a roadside near a village in the snow. These are Siddeley-Deasy ambulances, built to the specifications of the Red Cross. Many ambulances were sponsored by organisations and bu... More

Judging the Officers' chargers, Flanders

Judging the Officers' chargers, Flanders

Judging three horses at a horse show. The horses are standing in a group in the middle of the photograph all facing to the right. The men sitting on them are wearing pristine uniforms, flat hats and armbands wi... More

King of Montenegro and Lt. Gen. Sir E.H.H. Allenby

King of Montenegro and Lt. Gen. Sir E.H.H. Allenby

This shows King Nikola I Petrovic of Montenegro (1860-1918) standing beside Lt.Gen. Sir E.H.H. Allenby outside a large house with louvered shutters. The king is in Montenegrin costume, with loose trousers held ... More

Funeral of Major General Ugo Bagnani, Italian Army, Flanders

Funeral of Major General Ugo Bagnani, Italian Army, Flanders

Uniformed men lining the streets of a French town or village. They are watching as the coffin of Major General Ugo Bagnani is carried through the streets. Directly in front of the pall-bearers there is a carria... More

Stationary hospital in the snow, Flanders

Stationary hospital in the snow, Flanders

Just by looking at the ordered layout of this medical camp with its well-tended gardens, direction signs, fences and trees, one realises that this is not a mobile hospital that follows the fighting. Nursing per... More

Franco-British carrier ready to be released to carry a long distance message

Franco-British carrier ready to be released to carry a long distance m...

Army carrier pigeon ready to fly, France, during World War I. A man in British army uniform is attaching a message to a carrier pigeon. He is holding the bird against his chest with his left hand. With his righ... More

Through German spectacles, Flanders

Through German spectacles, Flanders

An Irish officer wearing the souvenirs he has retrieved from a battle. He is wearing a German helmet and spectacles, and is thrusting a rifle and bayonet towards an invisible aggressor. He is looking toward the... More

French troops on the road moving up with British Tommies on the roadside near the Line

French troops on the road moving up with British Tommies on the roadsi...

French and British soldiers, dressed in full military kit, travelling on their way to the trenches at the front line. The French troops are wearing light-coloured army coats and are walking besides their pack-m... More

Sgt. Edwin Gonzalez-Dawkins, a senior drill instructor

Sgt. Edwin Gonzalez-Dawkins, a senior drill instructor

Sgt. Edwin Gonzalez-Dawkins, a senior drill instructor with Receiving Company, Support Battalion, instructs high school teachers from Washington, Idaho and Montana to step off his bus after arriving at Marine C... More

A digital camera sitting on top of a table. Camera dslr photo, science technology.

A digital camera sitting on top of a table. Camera dslr photo, science...

Stock photography: The nikon d300 camera is a compact camera that can be used for shooting and shooting / A digital camera sitting on top of a table.

A man sitting on a bench reading a newspaper in front of a fountain. Boy reading newspaper newspaper reading.

A man sitting on a bench reading a newspaper in front of a fountain. B...

A man sitting on a ledge reading a newspaper / A man sitting on a ledge reading a newspaper / Public domain sport photography.

Racers take off from the starting line near Hangars

Racers take off from the starting line near Hangars

Racers take off from the starting line near Hangars 101 and 102, kicking off the Sunset Flightline 5K aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 18, 2015. More than 240 people participated in the evening race, whic... More

Chip Kelly, San Francisco 49ers head coach, shakes

Chip Kelly, San Francisco 49ers head coach, shakes

Chip Kelly, San Francisco 49ers head coach, shakes hands with a young fan during a meet-and-greet for the 2016 Coaches Tour Feb. 14, 2016, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Fans had the opportunity to meet, talk w... More

Families arriving from Turkey check in March 31, 2016,

Families arriving from Turkey check in March 31, 2016,

Families arriving from Turkey check in March 31, 2016, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Many agencies provided assistance by offering food, transportation and any needs families arriving from military bases in Tu... More

From left, U.S. Air Force Col. Jared Kennish stands

From left, U.S. Air Force Col. Jared Kennish stands

From left, U.S. Air Force Col. Jared Kennish stands next to Lt. Cols. John and Jennifer Avery during their joint retirement from the Missouri Air National Guard, Sept 7, 2018, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missou... More

Soldiers from United States Division-Center perform

Soldiers from United States Division-Center perform

Soldiers from United States Division-Center perform a "haka," or war dance, during celebrations in honor of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month at Camp Liberty, Iraq, Friday, May 20. The event featured a vari... More

Capt. Zachary P. Galaboff, hands the 416th Theater

Capt. Zachary P. Galaboff, hands the 416th Theater

Capt. Zachary P. Galaboff, hands the 416th Theater Engineer Command Headquarters and Headquarters Company guidon to the 1st Sgt. Joshua Engel during the change of command ceremony.

Airmen, Soldiers, NATO members and Santa Claus parachute

Airmen, Soldiers, NATO members and Santa Claus parachute

Airmen, Soldiers, NATO members and Santa Claus parachute onto a landing zone during an International Jump Week toy drop event Dec. 7, 2015, at Alzey Drop Zone, Germany. International Jump Week is an event that ... More

Packages of ground beef go through a metal detector

Packages of ground beef go through a metal detector

Packages of ground beef go through a metal detector at the Ramstein Central Meat Processing Plant Jan. 25, 2016, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. All meat processed by the Ramstein CMPP goes through a metal detec... More

U.S. Army SGT. Roger Steward assembles an excavation

U.S. Army SGT. Roger Steward assembles an excavation

U.S. Army SGT. Roger Steward assembles an excavation screening station during recovery operations in the town of Bruggen, in the Federal Republic of Germany, 15 July, 2016. Steward is a recovery non-commission... More

Senior Airman Alexander Keskinen, explosive ordnance

Senior Airman Alexander Keskinen, explosive ordnance

Senior Airman Alexander Keskinen, explosive ordnance disposal technician, 315th Civil Engineer Flight, Joint Base Charleston, S.C, alerts other members of the 315th CEF that the controlled explosion is about to... More

Participants in the Fallen Hereos Run at Camp Liberty,

Participants in the Fallen Hereos Run at Camp Liberty,

Participants in the Fallen Hereos Run at Camp Liberty, Iraq, head out from the starting line, Sunday, May 22. The 10 kilometer race was run as part of Memorial Day celebrations as a way to rmember and honor ser... More

Lance Cpl. James J. Eck, a 23-year-old helicopter crew

Lance Cpl. James J. Eck, a 23-year-old helicopter crew

Lance Cpl. James J. Eck, a 23-year-old helicopter crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 and native of Caseyville, Ill., gives commands to the pilots of a CH-53E Super Stallion during a pre-flight... More

Young Marines from around the nation stand by the headstone

Young Marines from around the nation stand by the headstone

Young Marines from around the nation stand by the headstone at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific after conducting a wreath laying ceremony to pay tribute to fallen service members, Dec. 6, 2013. A t... More

Sgts. Jonathon Lopez (left), Ryan Loya (center) and

Sgts. Jonathon Lopez (left), Ryan Loya (center) and

Sgts. Jonathon Lopez (left), Ryan Loya (center) and Tyrone Evans (right), drill instructors from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, correct Justin King, a poolee from Recruiting Substation Southcenter, durin... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Eric B. Sutton (right), the senior

U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Eric B. Sutton (right), the senior

U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Eric B. Sutton (right), the senior enlisted leader for Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, thanks former Sgt. William S. Harris, Jr., a World War II-era Montford Point Marine, for his s... More

Sean D. Tucker of Team Oracle and Michael Goulian of

Sean D. Tucker of Team Oracle and Michael Goulian of

Sean D. Tucker of Team Oracle and Michael Goulian of Goulian Aerosports join the U.S. Army Golden Knights at the Legends in Flight Air Show at Joint Base Andrews, Md., May 10, 2019. The Golden Knights are sched... More

Lance Cpl. Travis Paul, a crew chief with Marine Light

Lance Cpl. Travis Paul, a crew chief with Marine Light

Lance Cpl. Travis Paul, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367, helps hold an American flag out of the side of a UH-1Y Huey helicopter as it flies over the USS Missouri, Dec. 5, 2013. The... More

Canadian and British Army soldiers participate in a

Canadian and British Army soldiers participate in a

Canadian and British Army soldiers participate in a light machine gun night fire event during the 2015 Canadian Armed Forces Small Arms Concentration at the Connaught Range outside of Ottawa, Canada, Sept. 14. ... More

Pvt. Charles Lemieux, 2nd Division, Canadian Army Reserve

Pvt. Charles Lemieux, 2nd Division, Canadian Army Reserve

Pvt. Charles Lemieux, 2nd Division, Canadian Army Reserve soldier, poses for a photo while wearing his night optical device for a light machine gun night fire event during the 2015 Canadian Armed Forces Small A... More

U.S. Army Reserve combat engineer Soldiers from the

U.S. Army Reserve combat engineer Soldiers from the

U.S. Army Reserve combat engineer Soldiers from the 374th Engineer Company (Sapper), headquartered in Concord, Calif., cast from a CH-47 Chinook into Lopez Lake, Calif., during a two-week field exercise known a... More

Tech. Sgt. Napoleon Ortiz (right) and Staff Sgt. Joseph

Tech. Sgt. Napoleon Ortiz (right) and Staff Sgt. Joseph

Tech. Sgt. Napoleon Ortiz (right) and Staff Sgt. Joseph Arcega, loadmasters with the 36th Airlift Squadron, look from the ramp a C-130J Super Hercules in flight after a low-cost, low-altitude airdrop during Ope... More

A U.S. Army Golden Knight prepares for a landing over

A U.S. Army Golden Knight prepares for a landing over

A U.S. Army Golden Knight prepares for a landing over the 2019 "Legends in Flight" JBA Air & Space Expo at Joint Base Andrews, Md., May 11, 2019. With approximately 95 team members, the Golden Knights demonstra... More

Midge Beachem, of Pittsburgh, touches the photograph

Midge Beachem, of Pittsburgh, touches the photograph

Midge Beachem, of Pittsburgh, touches the photograph of her son, Spc. Robert Hall, who died during Operation Iraqi Freedom, during a Fallen Heroes Memorial Wall ceremony at the 416th Theater Engineer Command he... More

"Home of an Italian Ragpicker" - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

"Home of an Italian Ragpicker" - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

Riis, Jacob .Portrett, kvinne med baby. "Home of an Italian Ragpicker", Jersy Street, New York. Fra publikasjon: Photographer and Citizen, Alland 1974.Positivkopi gelatin, barytt.12,0x15,5 cm.NMFF.002175

Staff car in a strafed village, Flanders

Staff car in a strafed village, Flanders

A military car parked beside a sentry-box built of sandbags in a partly destroyed village. Several signs indicate a gas-alarm point is situated at the sentry station. As the war progressed, motor vehicles were ... More

Bombarded fort of Peronne during World War I

Bombarded fort of Peronne during World War I

This shows a ruined stone fort with two round towers at either end of a curtain wall. There is an entrance with a pointed arch. This is the castle of Peronne built in the late twelfth century. It originally had... More

French doctor attending to a wounded British Tommy

French doctor attending to a wounded British Tommy

A French doctor treating the wounds of a British soldier, while a kneeling French nurse, two other 'Tommies, a French soldier and an American soldier look on. With such an international gathering of soldiers an... More

Duke of Connaught in France inspecting Artillery

Duke of Connaught in France inspecting Artillery

The grey-haired man in the right foreground is HRH Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942) who is reviewing a line of heavy horse-drawn artillery. The nearest gun appears to be short-barrelled and it likely to be... More

Tommies buying their misletoe, Flanders

Tommies buying their misletoe, Flanders

In the middle of a large picturesque square there appears to be an informal market. At the front of the picture two British soldiers are bargaining with two older women over a wheelbarrow of mistletoe...The nic... More

Two Kings and two Queens - Public domain portrait print

Two Kings and two Queens - Public domain portrait print

From left to right: King George V, Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, Queen Mary and King Albert I of Belgium. They are standing on a gravel path or driveway. Directly behind them a lawn slopes towards a row of trees.... More

Shell-destoyed train, Flanders during World War I

Shell-destoyed train, Flanders during World War I

Carriages of a wrecked (freight?) train lying in a shell-hole beside bits of broken rail. There seems to be a group of people surveying the scene towards the top right of the picture...This picture has no 'Off... More

Camp waste utilized to produce food

Camp waste utilized to produce food

Frontline pig farm, France, during World War I. This image is dominated by the pigs snuffling about in the foreground. They have been caged in with a high wire fencing which has internal subdivisions of flimsy ... More

Shell hole canteen, Flanders during World War I

Shell hole canteen, Flanders during World War I

The canteen has been set up in a brick building. The entrance to it is through a large shell hole in the wall of the building. In the canteen, there is a man standing behind a counter. Two soldiers, with their ... More

Montbrehain Sept - Oct. 1918, Flanders

Montbrehain Sept - Oct. 1918, Flanders

British Third Army positions, annotated, at Montbrehain, France, 1918, during World War I. The second section of an eight section panoramic view...The writing on the front of this photograph reads: '1. Panorama... More

Riding through a stream during World War I

Riding through a stream during World War I

Two British soldiers riding a team of pack-horses through a quite deep stream. The soldier in the foreground can be seen tightly clutching the reins for a number of horses, most of which are very heavily laden.... More

Scene on the ground, Flanders during World War I

Scene on the ground, Flanders during World War I

Dancers at a divisional sports day, France, during World War I. The photograph is taken in a grassy field which is bound on the far side of the picture by some very dense trees. They are huge trees and are crea... More

Train station Flamicourt Station, Peronne - Public domain photograph.

Train station Flamicourt Station, Peronne - Public domain photograph.

This photograph has been taken from the courtyard in front of Flamicourt Station. Although badly damaged, the large station building remains rather impressive. A painted sign hanging above the entrance reads, '... More

Troops going forward in file in the Cambrai advance

Troops going forward in file in the Cambrai advance

Carrying a full kit on their backs, these British infantrymen are marching in single file to the front line at Cambrai. The pan from individual soldiers in close-up, sweeping out to a diminishing mass of ant-li... More

Fowl house in the trenches just behind the front line

Fowl house in the trenches just behind the front line

British soldiers collecting eggs from hens in a rear line trench, in France, during World War I. With their 'Dixie's (cooking pots) full of eggs, three British soldiers are shown handling a hen and rabbit outsi... More

Clearing away a Church which the Germans blew up across the road during their hasty retreat

Clearing away a Church which the Germans blew up across the road durin...

Uniformed men dig through the rubble of a ruined church - a small section of the faade is all that remains standing. A cart pulled by two mules, positioned close to where the men are working, waits to loaded. T... More

Getting two mules out of a shell hole

Getting two mules out of a shell hole

This photograph is one of two showing French soldiers trying to get a pair of mules out of a mud-filled shell hole. The first animal has been cut from its harness and is being encouraged to make the huge effort... More

German barbed entanglements near Arras, Flanders

German barbed entanglements near Arras, Flanders

Roll of razor-wire, France. The photograph shows a roll of tangled and bound razor-wire. It is lying in a field probably as it was left by the retreating side. A figure is just visible in the background. It is ... More

General view of Queant where the Hindenburg and Wotan lines join

General view of Queant where the Hindenburg and Wotan lines join

This photograph has been taken on the outskirts of the French village of Quant. The photographer has chosen to take the shot through a barbed wire fence, adding to the bleak atmosphere. The barbed wire fence ha... More

Roof of a much shelled church on the Western Front

Roof of a much shelled church on the Western Front

Destroyed church, France. This picture has been taken from floor level looking up at the roof from behind a pile of rubble. The interior of the church is a ruin. Much of the integral structure remains, but the ... More

Queen visits an aerodrome during World War I

Queen visits an aerodrome during World War I

A row of biplanes are lined up at right-angles to a hangar and a man stands to attention at the side of each one of them. Queen Mary (1867-1953) is walking at the front of the picture with two officers. More of... More

Scene on the Ancre, Flanders during World War I

Scene on the Ancre, Flanders during World War I

Constructing a new telegraph line, France, during World War I. Telegraph poles have been raised on very hilly terrain although the rest of the landscape looks quite flat in the background. The wires coming in f... More

German engine on one of their railways that got caught in our shell fire

German engine on one of their railways that got caught in our shell fi...

Soldiers sitting on a beaten up and battered railway engine. According to the existing caption it is a German engine. Written on the side of the engine is 'LEAVE TRAIN' and 'ANY MORE FOR BLIGHTY.' One of the so... More

Troops receive many presents of cigarettes from various manufacturers  at home

Troops receive many presents of cigarettes from various manufacturers ...

Soldiers posing for the camera, during World War I. They are standing in front of a large bank of earth. Two of the men in the front row are holding shells, with more shells positioned in front of them. Most of... More

Scene in one of the wards during World War I

Scene in one of the wards during World War I

The interior of a hospital ward. The ward is light and airy, with whitewashed walls and a generous number of windows letting in daylight. Rather flimsy looking hospital beds line both sides of the room. There a... More

Tommies washing in a shell hole, Blangy, Flanders

Tommies washing in a shell hole, Blangy, Flanders

British soldiers are washing themselves with the water from a shell hole. This water-filled hole has probably provided the men with a rare opportunity to clean up. The water itself is very murky, and the surrou... More

Snow at the front, Flanders during World War I

Snow at the front, Flanders during World War I

Snow in the reserve trenches, Western Front, during World War I. The sheer misery of the trenches in the winter is well illustrated by this photograph of troops walking along a reserve trench. The men, huddled ... More

Cathedral at Ypres, Flanders - A black and white photo of a destroyed church

Cathedral at Ypres, Flanders - A black and white photo of a destroyed ...

The medieval cathedral of Ypres is shown in ruins after the German bombardment of 1916. The ruined belfry sticks up on the left, with the remains of the tower at the centre. Probably photographed by John Warwic... More

Howitzer about to be fired, Flanders

Howitzer about to be fired, Flanders

According to this photographs original caption, this howitzer is about to be fired. A group of artillerymen is standing in the snow waiting for the gun to fire its shell. At first, the howitzer was not a popula... More

Round the field kitchen, Flanders

Round the field kitchen, Flanders

Field kitchen, France, during World War I. The cliff face and trenches are visible in the background. The front is dominated by milling groups of soldiers, some are already sitting down. The 'kitchens' consist ... More

Tommies at a well, Flanders during World War I

Tommies at a well, Flanders during World War I

Soldiers at a well. In the middle of a ruined cottage and a yard of rubble the existing caption says there is a well. You cannot see the well for the number of soldiers crowding around. Most soldiers are holdin... More

Spare parts being loaded during World War I

Spare parts being loaded during World War I

Loading truck spares, France, during World War I. There is a bleakness to this scene which is caused mainly by the strong sunlight down the left of the image and the dust motes which dot the scene. As a result,... More

Digging a hole in the ice to get water for cooking purposes

Digging a hole in the ice to get water for cooking purposes

Breaking the ice to get water, Western Front, during World War I. One man using the back of an axe to break a hole in the ice over a frozen river or canal. Other soldiers are standing watching, with buckets to ... More

Portuguese at a Gas School, Flanders

Portuguese at a Gas School, Flanders

Portuguese soldiers queuing to enter a gas shed. There is a shed to the left of the photograph which has been positioned at the bottom of a small hill. This hill is covered in rough grass and there is a bush gr... More

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