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(278) D.2202 - If you know of a better 'ole, go to it
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (278) D.2202 - If you know of a better 'ole, go to it |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74547326 |
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| Description | The photograph comprises a grass field which has been flattened down around the front of the composition. There are two bodiless soldiers with their torsos emerging from a circle in the grass. They are back-to-back and looking off into the distance. The soldier facing the camera is helmetless. They both seem quite relaxed. It is thought that John Warwick Brooke is responsible for this photograph. Dugouts became such an integral part of most soldier's experience that they are usually referred to merely in passing. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. "If you know of a better 'ole, go to it!" Tommies in the entrance of their novel 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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