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(441) D.569 - Boche machine guns captured at Beaucourt sur Ancre
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (441) D.569 - Boche machine guns captured at Beaucourt sur Ancre |
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| Description | Two soldiers are sitting on the edge of a German trench examining captured German machine guns. The entrance to the German dugout is in the background. The soldier in the background has the cap badge of the North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) printed on the cover over his tin hat. This shows the Prince of Wales's plume over the rope knot of the Stafford family. The regiment was amalgamated in 1961. The derogatory term for a German, 'Boche’ or 'Bosch’, originates from the French slang 'alboche’, which was two words 'Allemand’ (German) and 'caboche’ (pate, head) put together. John Warwick Brooke, the probable photographer, appears to have posed this photograph to emphasise the Allied capture of German weapons. [Original reads: 'THE BRITISH ADVANCE ON THE WESTERN FRONT. (Official Photograph.) Boche machine guns captured at Beaucourt sur Ancre.'] |
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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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