British Western Front
(21) D.2912 - Some of the many stables where our tanks are housed
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > British Western Front > (21) D.2912 - Some of the many stables where our tanks are housed |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74546950 |
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| Description | Sheds and the tanks they house, France. A long, open-fronted shed runs along the left side of the picture. It has a corrugated iron roof and supporting struts spaced to the width of the tank have been placed down the length of it. In the middle of each bay a number has been placed along the edge of the roof as an identifier. The nose of each tank is just sticking out past the supporting posts and due to the angle of the picture a very artistic fan effect has been created. The shed has a row of trees growing just behind it, the tops of which are just visible. There is a lone tank driving towards the camera and behind this on the right, cottages are visible. This caption is a pun on the role tanks played once they had been successfully improved. Equine casualties were high during this period as no defence against modern weaponry had been developed, until the advent of tanks. Incongruous though it may seem, tank units were used to replace many of the fallen cavalry units. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. Some of the many stables where our Tanks are housed.'] |
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| Description | Photographs, all taken on the British Western Front, that are not attributed to a particular photographer. |
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| Description | Black-and-white photographs mainly of the Western Front during the First World War. Official British war photographers took many of them for propaganda purposes. Unless otherwise stated, titles are the photographs' original captions. From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928). The Haig Papers also contain Douglas Haig’s diaries. |
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| Shelfmark | Acc.3155 |
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