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(583) D.955 - View of Le Sars
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (583) D.955 - View of Le Sars |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74548556 |
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| Description | The absolute destruction of many inhabited towns is clearly presented in this image. It is difficult to imagine this area as anything other than the jumbled devastation evident here. It is easy to see why so many returning soldiers had difficulties settling back into 'ordinary' civilian life. Henry Kelly was the only British soldier to be awarded a Victoria Cross at Le Sars. Not only did he continue to search for and recover wounded soldiers, after his company had disintegrated, but he lead an attack on a reinforced German trench with only three other members of his company in attendance. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE RECENT BRITISH ADVANCE ON THE WESTERN FRONT. View of Le Sars.'] |
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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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