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(54) L.707 - Royal Scots Greys watering horses in France
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Cavalry > (54) L.707 - Royal Scots Greys watering horses in France |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74548850 |
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| Description | Cavalrymen are sitting bareback on their horses in a river, allowing the horses to drink. The horses have been unsaddled and are only held by neck collars. Several of the men have extra horses on lead ropes. Other men and horses wait their turn on a bridge. Farm buildings can be seen in the background. This was an easy and efficient way to water the horses and would also have bathed and rested their legs. It was perhaps less sensible in terms of water hygiene when large numbers of troops also needed clean water supplies. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. Royal Scots Greys watering horses in France.'] |
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| Description | Photographs depicting cavalry. |
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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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