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(264) D.2158 - Telling the tale!
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (264) D.2158 - Telling the tale! |
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| Description | Two gas sentries having a chat with a medical officer. Both the gas sentries are members of Scots regiments, and one is wearing a kilt. One man is sitting on the remains of a stone wall, next to a wall of sandbags. A horseshoe has been pinned on the sandbags for good luck. The ground in this area has been covered with duckboards. Beside the men, a gong or bell, for raising the gas alarm, has been fixed to two poles. In the background a Nissen hut and a number of ruined buildings are visible. Due to the often lethal consequences of a gas attack, prior warning was key to survival. Warnings were not always possible and, even when they were, masks did not always protect soldiers from the effects of the gas. [Original reads: 'BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE WESTERN FRONT. Telling the tale! Gas sentries having a quiet chat outside an advanced Dressing Station. Note the gas gong supported between the two poles.'] |
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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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