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(261) D.2152 - Building a road to their camp
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (261) D.2152 - Building a road to their camp |
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| Description | According to the original caption these men are building a road. On the right of the photograph, a group of men are breaking up rocks using pickaxes. The rocks are then being loaded onto carts. Most of the men are wearing kilts, with a protective covering over them. In the foreground, sacks and crates of rations have been piled up on the ground. In the background there is a Nissen hut and a number of tents. There were a great many problems involved in getting enough food to soldiers in the trenches. These problems ranged from German blockades to disruption of the supply lines at the Front. As a result men could go for days without sustenance. [Original reads: 'BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE WESTERN FRONT. Building a road to their camp. Note rations laid out for the men when they come in from the trenches.'] |
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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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