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(10) D.1192 - German prisoners making themselves useful as stretcher bearers
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Germans > (10) D.1192 - German prisoners making themselves useful as stretcher bearers |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74548248 |
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| Description | German prisoners of war acting as stretcher bearers, World War I. There is a long line of men, with their backs to the camera, pushing handcarts along a wide dusty road. The houses in the picture are bombed-out and dilapidated. There are no signs of life around these houses, despite the impression they give of prosperous, family homes. John Warwick Brooke is believed to have captured this thought-provoking scene. This was a task which was often assigned to German prisoners of war, still under armed guard. This allowed British soldiers' activity to be concentrated on duties at the Front as well as keeping the vast body of prisoners occupied. [Original reads: '[Germa]n prisoners making themselves useful as [stret]cher bearers.'] |
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| Description | Photographs taken in Germany, by Germans or of Germans. |
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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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