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(82) N.539 - One of the workers is in charge of the camp mascot

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(82) N.539 - One of the workers is in charge of the camp mascot
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DescriptionA smiling British volunteer is pictured with the dog that acted as her regiment's mascot. The adoption of dogs as mascots by British regiments reflects the important military roles fulfilled by dogs as far back as ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman times, where dogs were variously used as sentries, messengers and trackers. Although this mascot may have had a more symbolic purpose, dogs did fulfil a variety of practical roles during World War I including hunting for rats, carrying food and ammunition, and pulling carts and sledges. The regiment this dog was attached to was the Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. A detachment of the Q.M.A.A.C. encamped in a big forest in France. One of the workers is in charge of the camp mascot.']
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Tom Aitken
DescriptionTom Aitken was a newspaper photographer from Glasgow who was assigned in December 1917 as a war photographer along with David McLellan and Armando Consolé. McLellan's work also features in the National Library of Scotland’s Haig Papers. War photographers held a hybrid position during World War I, being part of yet not ultimately responsible to the military.
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DescriptionBlack-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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