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(436) D.557. - Wounded Tommy showing his helmet with a piece blown out
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (436) D.557. - Wounded Tommy showing his helmet with a piece blown out |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74547388 |
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| Description | Soldiers who have had their wounds dressed are sitting along a bank, drinking tea. One of them, who has a bandaged head, is being shown his damaged steel helmet by one of the First Aid workers. The photographer, probably John Warwick Brooke, took a number of photographs at this Dressing Station. Steel helmets, which were only introduced at the end of 1915, reduced the number of fatal head wounds by some 80%. Many soldiers found them uncomfortable until they realised the protection they gave. [Original reads: ' A wounded Tommy showing his helmet with a piece blown 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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