Photographers > John Warwick Brooke
(174) D.1546 - Some Ulster men with their souvenirs
Thumbnail gallery: Grid view | List view
Universal Viewer | 
Mirador | Large image
Images and transcriptions on this page, including medium image downloads, may be used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence unless otherwise stated. 
| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (174) D.1546 - Some Ulster men with their souvenirs |
|---|
| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74547904 |
|---|---|
| Description | Soldiers pose for the camera with their souvenirs. Four of them are wearing German 'Stahlhelm' helmets. After a battle it was common practice to retrieve souvenirs from the battlefield or captured trenches. Other souvenirs included weapons, personal effects, uniforms and, particularly from the trenches, the accoutrements of daily life. John Warwick Brooke is believed to have taken this photograph. He was the second British official photographer to be sent to the Western Front, the first being Ernest Brooks. During his time at the Front, he is estimated to have taken around 4,000 photographs. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. Some Ulster men with their souvenirs.'] |
More information
|
|
| 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. |
|---|---|
|
More information
|
|
| Description | Photographs by named photographers. |
|---|
| 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. |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | Acc.3155 |
|
More information
|
|