The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1316
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Dressing the wounds of German prisoners in the POW camp at Authuille, September 1916.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1357
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Troops of the 1/5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers cheering one of their comrades who is trying to tame a mule. Toutencourt, September 1916.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1488
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 The New Zealand Prime Minister Mr. William Massey with General Sir Douglas Haig at Chateuax Val Vion, Haig's Advance Headquarters at Beauquesne, in October 1916, duri... More
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1597
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Bayonet fighting at the school of instruction for officers, Flixecourt, October 1916
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1620
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 A limber covered with mud near Bernafay Wood, November 1916
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q947
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 General William Birdwood, Commander of the ANZAC, with Alfred Harmsworth, Lord Northcliffe, conversing with an Australian soldier. Contay, 1916.
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918. Q593
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918. Presentation of medals by General Herbert Plumer, the Commander of the Second Army. Photograph probably taken in May 1916.
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 Q1759
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 The ruins of Gommecourt village, seen in March 1917, destroyed during operations on the Ancre in Winter 1917, shortly before the German withdrawal to the Hindenburg L... More
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 Q1813
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 The ruined village of Puisieux, seen in March 1917 shortly after occupation by British forces following operations on the Ancre. This photo joins with Q 1814 to form panorama.
South African Forces on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q1714
South African Forces on the Western Front, 1914-1918 A group of South African officers having lunch in the snow, Beaumont Hamel, December 1916.
South African Forces on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q1715
South African Forces on the Western Front, 1914-1918 A group of South African officers having lunch in the snow, Beaumont Hamel, December 1916. Their 'table' is a 9.45-inch trench howitzer bomb crate.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1091
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Shells bursting on positions near Pozieres, 20th September 1916.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1432
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 A Royal Artillery 12-inch railway gun in action at Maricourt, October 1916. In the foreground, a group of watching French soldiers cover their ears against the blast.
The Royal Naval Division on the Western Front, 1916-1918 Q1626
The Royal Naval Division on the Western Front, 1916-1918 Dump of 15-inch howitzer shells near Ypres, November 1916. The shells at the centre of the photograph bear the words 'RMA Guarantee for Peace'.
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918. Q527
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918. The King's Liverpool Regiment, 55th Division, practising an attack near Blaireville, Wailly, 16th April 1916.
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 Q1753
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 The ruins of Gommecourt Chateau, seen in March 1917, destroyed during operations on the Ancre in Winter 1917, shortly before the German withdrawal to the Hindenburg L... More
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 Q1806
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 Ruins in the village of Puisieux, which the British entered on 28th February 1917.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1096
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Troops of various regiments queuing up outside the dug-out in a trench at Crucifix Corner, near Aveluy, being used as a canteen, September 1916.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1609
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Troops of the 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (37th Division) marching to the trenches, St Pol (Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise), November 1916.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q841
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 The troops of the 13th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers resting on the side of the Bapaume road near Albert, 9th July 1916.
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q1434
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 The explosion of a smoke bomb at the Trench Mortar School, St. Pol, October 1916.
The Official Visits To the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q984
The Official Visits To the Western Front, 1914-1918 Albert I, King of Belgians, and Elisabeth, Queen of Belgians, congratulating about 30 of their officers after receiving their decorations from King George at... More
Allies evacuating guns from Suvla 1915 IWM Q 13637
Allied evacuation of Gallipoli : Evacuating guns and personnel from Suvla Point on rafts in daylight.
Apple tree cut down by Germans 1917 IWM Q 2250
Apple tree cut down by German Army as part of their "scorched-earth" policy during their withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line, Spring 1917.
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Battle of Cambrai 20-11-1917 IWM Q 3187
Men of the 11th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in a captured German communications trench near Havrincourt during the Battle of Cambrai.
Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Q26519
Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Men of the I.E. and Royal Warwicks talking to Italian women who have been working on the roads. Fontana near Venice.
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 Q1754
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 The ruins of Gommecourt Chateau, seen in March 1917, destroyed during operations on the Ancre in Winter 1917, shortly before the German withdrawal to the Hindenburg L... More
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 Q1796
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 The road leading into Puisieux, March 1917.
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 Q1808
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 General view of the ruined village of Puisieux, which the British entered on 28th February 1917.
South African Forces on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q1712
South African Forces on the Western Front, 1914-1918 A South African soldier mans a gas alarm post near Fricourt, December 1916.
The Australian Imperial Force on the Western Front, 1916-1918 Q688
The Australian Imperial Force on the Western Front, 1916-1918 Humorous photograph of an Australian Chaplain acting as a dentist near Fleurbaix, June 1916. He is trying to operate on an Australian Captain while ... More
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1038
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Captured 10 cm (100 mm) German gun in Mametz Wood, 10th August 1916.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1040
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Captured 10 cm (100 mm) German gun in Mametz Wood, 10th August 1916.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1067
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Brigadier-General George Armytage (far right) and his Staff near Thiepval Wood, July 1916.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1331
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Soldier of the Royal Fusiliers wearing a German (Württemberg regiment) helmet, after the capture of Thiepval on 26 September 1916. Note trousers cut down to make shor... More
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q761
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Battle of Albert. British soldiers with wounded German prisoners at La Boisselle, 3 July 1916.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q790
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 A Company, 1/14th Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish) marching to the trenches on Doullens-Amiens road at Pas-en-Artois, 26th June 1916.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q792
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 A Company, 1/14th Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish) marching to the trenches on Doullens-Amiens road at Pas-en-Artois, 26th June 1916.
The Official Visits To the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q985
The Official Visits To the Western Front, 1914-1918 Albert I (wearing the uniform of a colonel of the 5th Dragoon Guards), King of Belgians, and Elisabeth, Queen of Belgians, with their two sons, watching the p... More
The Shipbuilding Industry in Britain during the First World War Q19495
The Shipbuilding Industry in Britain during the First World War Female workers tapping out condenser tube plates at a shipbuilding yard on the River Clyde in Scotland during the First World War.
William Beach Thomas (22 May 1868 - 12 May 1957)
Mr. Beach Thomas, Daily Mail War Correspondent, being presented to the King; Abbeville, 9 June 1917.
Small box respirator during World War I
An Australian chaplain wearing the "Large Box Respirator" also known as the "Respiratory Tower" during the First World War. Additional information : The man is probably Major Walter Dexter, DSO, DCM, in the Bo... More
Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Q2457
Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Women carpenters working at theTarrant Hut Work-shops near Calais, 30th June 1917.
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 Q1786
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 Iron girders on the roadside used by German forces as a barricade,near Serre, following operations on the Ancre, March 1917.
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 Q1807
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 Ruins in the village of Puisieux, which the British entered on 28th February 1917.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1088
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Scene on the battlefield at Pozieres, 20th September 1916.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1477
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 William Massey, Prime Minister of New Zealand (second from right) with cabinet minister Sir Joseph Ward and others on the lip of the Lochnagar mine crater at La Boiss... More
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1556
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Officers of a battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment study a 1:5000 scale trench map in a captured German dug-out beneath the ruined Church at Beaumont Hamel, ... More
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q728
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 General Beauvoir De Lisle, GOC 29th Division, in conversation with another General; Mailly-Maillet, 29 June 1916.
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918. Q599
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918. 12 inch heavy howitzer of the Royal Garrison Artillery in action. Note a light railway car used to bring shells to gun position. Photograph probably taken in May 1916.
The German Withdrawal To the Hindenburg Line, March-april 1917 Q1840
The German Withdrawal To the Hindenburg Line, March-april 1917 Ruined village of Thilloy (Ligny-Thilloy), 16th March 1917.
NYT - Big British gun going to its position
Photograph of a British heavy naval gun being moved on special trailer, Western Front. New York Times caption of 18 January 1918 reads : "Battery of British heavy field pieces and their crews on the roadside n... More
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 Q1814
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 The ruined village of Puisieux, seen in March 1917 shortly after occupation by British forces following operations on the Ancre. This photo joins with Q 1813 to form panorama.
The Australian Imperial Force on the Western Front, 1916-1918 Q679
The Australian Imperial Force on the Western Front, 1916-1918 Australian sentry on duty in the trenches near Fleurbaix, June 1916.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1310
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Battle of Morval. Supporting troops moving up to the forward area; near Morval, 25th September 1916.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1345
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Heavy Foster Daimler tractor on the Amiens-Albert road, September 1916.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1579
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Entrance to a German dug-out at Hamel, October, 1916. The sign over the entrance reads 'Badeanstatt 3.M G K' (Maschinen Gewehr Kompanie).
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q1428
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 A corporal of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry preparing his dinner outside his hut, named 'Dalton Holme', 1916.
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918. Q572
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918. The explosion of a mine at the Mining School at Aubigny, 12th May 1916.
The Canadian Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q1733
The Canadian Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Canadian officers pose for a group photograph at Pernes, December 1916. Standing in the centre is Brigadier-General Huntly Ketchen, commanding 6th Canadian Infa... More
The Official Visits To the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q610
The Official Visits To the Western Front, 1914-1918 Commander William Riddell Birdwood addressing the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC). The Right Honourable William Morris Hughes, Prime Minister of... More
Royal Naval Division trench during World War I
Infantry from the British Royal Naval Division in training on the Greek island of Lemnos during the Battle of Gallipoli, 1915. Men of the Royal Naval Division leaving the trenches in Gallipoli to attack the Tur... More
Vickers machine gun in the Battle of Passchendaele - September 1917
British Vickers machine gun crew during the Battle of Menin Road Ridge, World War I (Ypres Salient, West Flanders, Belgium)Español: Ametralladora Vickers en acción y servidores
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 Q1785
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 Heavily shelled ground near Serre, following operations on the Ancre in early 1917.
The Australian Imperial Force on the Western Front, 1916-1918. Q574
The Australian Imperial Force on the Western Front, 1916-1918. Australian transport column on a road near Fleurbaix, May 1916.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1121
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 The ruined village of Mametz, September 1916.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1408
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Silhouette of British troops taking mules to water along the Amiens-Albert road, October 1916.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1494
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Gordon Highlanders, repairing a road, near Hamel, on the Somme Front, September 1916.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q837
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 British troops hauling up an electric engine for condensing water into the British trenches, Mametz, July 1916.
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q715
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 General Joseph Joffre, the C-in-C of the French Army, arriving at General Douglas Haig's HQs in a chateau at Montreuil-sur-Mer, 17th April 1916.
Lancashire Fusiliers trench Beaumont Hamel 1916
IWM caption : Battle of Albert : Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers fixing bayonets prior to the attack on Beaumont Hamel. They are wearing ‘fighting order’, with the haversack in place of ... More
KGV inspects NZ troops 1916 IWM Q 954
HM King George V (front centre), with Generals Plumer (behind KGV), Godley (on KGV's right) and Harper (on KGV's left), inspecting New Zealand battalions about to entrain at Steenwerck.
The Australian Imperial Force on the Western Front, 1916-1918 Q680
The Australian Imperial Force on the Western Front, 1916-1918 German shells bursting in Fleurbaix, June 1916.
The Australian Imperial Force on the Western Front, 1916-1918. Q577
The Australian Imperial Force on the Western Front, 1916-1918. Australian pioneers filling sandbags behind the lines; near Fleurbaix, May 1916.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1283
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 An 8-inch Mk-V howitzer of the Royal Garrison Artillery in action at Aveluy, September 1916.
French army depot at Sedd el Bahr Gallipoli 1915 IWM Q 13856
IWM caption : THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN, APRIL 1915-JANUARY 1916. The French Army depot at Sedd el Bahr, with the old castle and the village in the background.
Troops addvance Battle of Ginchy 09-09-1916 IWM Q 1306
The Battle of Ginchy, Somme, France. British supporting infantry walk forward up the slope into the bombardment.
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 Q1760
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 The ruins of Gommecourt village, seen in March 1917, destroyed during operations on the Ancre in Winter 1917, shortly before the German withdrawal to the Hindenburg L... More
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 Q1794
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 Group of the 2nd Battalion, the Manchester Regiment, part of 32nd Division after the advance on the Ancre, possibly around Serre, January 1917.
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 Q1805
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 Ruins in the village of Puisieux, which the British entered on 28th February 1917.
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 Q1819
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 Ruined buildings and the smoking ruins of the Church in the square of Bapaume, seen on 17th March 1917, the day of the village's capture following the German withdraw... More
Shipbuilding during the First World War Q19475
Shipbuilding during the First World War A shipbuilding yard along the River Clyde in Scotland during the First World War. Note the dazzle camouflage on the vessel on the lefthand side.
South African Forces on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q1713
South African Forces on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Two South African soldiers near Beaumont Hamel, December 1916.
The Australian Imperial Force on the Western Front, 1916-1918. Q582
The Australian Imperial Force on the Western Front, 1916-1918. Troops of the 2nd Australian Division in a support line trench; Armentieres, May 1916. Two men on right appear to be 'chatting' i.e. searching thei... More
The Australian Imperial Force on the Western Front, 1916-1918. Q591
The Australian Imperial Force on the Western Front, 1916-1918. Troops of the 2nd Australian Division on a road behind the lines; Croix du Bac, near Armentieres, 18th May 1916. Note a rifle breech cover.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1301
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Battle of Ginchy. Supporting troops moving up to the attack near Ginchy, 9th September 1916.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q794
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Gunners of the Royal Garrison Artillery moving an 8-inch howitzer Mark V into position during the Battle of the Somme at Becordel, July 1916.
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q1426
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 The view along a communication trench near Zillebeke Lake, Ypres, October 1916.
The Royal Army Veterinary Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1918. Q555
The Royal Army Veterinary Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1918. A horse undergoing skin disease treatment at No. 10 Veterinary Hospital at Neufchatel; near Etaples, 2nd March 1916.
60 pounder gun in action Dainville 12-05-1916 IWM Q 564
British 60 pounder field gun in action, Dainville France. Public domain photograph - World War One artillery, armed forces, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Beaumont-Hamel - General view of the battlefield
General view of the battlefield of Beaumont Hamel showing the blasted land
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 Q1803
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 Ruins in the village of Puisieux, which the British entered on 28th February 1917.
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 Q1810
Operations on the Ancre, January-march 1917 British soldiers stand in the entrance to a captured German dug-out near Puisieux, captured during operations on the Ancre in February 1917.
The Australian Imperial Force on the Western Front, 1916-1918. Q589
The Australian Imperial Force on the Western Front, 1916-1918. Troops of the 2nd Australian Division in conversation in a back trench at Croix du Bac, near Armentieres, 18 May 1916. Note war graves on the left.
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q850
The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Drawing rations at an Army Service Corps dump at Acheux, June 1916.
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q1592
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 British soldier and mule
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918. Q537
The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918. Men of the 7th Pioneer Battalion Durham Light Infantry parading for the trenches; Reninghelst, near Ypres, 29th April 1916.
Women's Services on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q2438
Women's Services on the Western Front, 1914-1918 A group of female motor ambulance drivers from the British Red Cross Society Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) with their vehicle, a Canadian Red Cross ambulance, a... More
9.2 inch howitzers on Western Front Dec 1916 IWM Q 3881
IWM caption : THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918. Battery of 9.2 inch howitzers in action. Note a large numbers of shells ready for use.
A sentry in the front line trenches at Blaireville using mirror perisc...
A sentry in the front line trenches at Blaireville using mirror periscope, 16th April 1916. A sentry in the front line trenches at Blaireville using mirror periscope. 16th April 1916. 55th Division. He carries ... More