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(226) D.2077 - Dug-outs near an overflow from the Ypres-Comines Canal
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (226) D.2077 - Dug-outs near an overflow from the Ypres-Comines Canal |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74547222 |
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| Description | Soldiers sitting outside a row of well constructed dugouts. A small makeshift bridge has been built across the water. The dugouts have been built against a high bank of earth using sandbags and corrugated iron. The men sitting outside appear to be taking the opportunity to relax. One man is sitting, quietly gazing into the water. Some items of clothing have been laid out on the sandbags to dry in the sun. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. BATTLE OF MENIN ROAD. Dug-outs near an overflow from the Ypres-Comines Canal. Note the neat foot-bridge, the work of the occupants of the dug-out.'] |
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| Description | John Warwick Brooke, of the Topical Press Agency, was the second British official war photographer to go to the Western Front in 1916. The demands placed on he and his colleague, Ernest Brooks, were heavy. They had to take as many photographs as possible, with as much variety as possible, a difficult task for two men covering an army of over two million. Despite this, Warwick Brooke managed to take what would become some of the most memorable images of World War I. As an officially appointed photographer, Warwick Brooke was assigned to the Western Front to follow the progress of the British Army. During his time there, between 1916 and 1918, Warwick Brooke is estimated to have taken over 4,000 photographs. |
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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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