British Western Front
(62) X.32034 - British soldiers' graves in France
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > British Western Front > (62) X.32034 - British soldiers' graves in France |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74549296 |
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| Description | A row of wooden crosses marking the graves of British soldiers. One is the grave of T S Holmes of the Sherwood Foresters, the others were all men of the 8th (Service) Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment. They all appear to have died in action on 30 November 1915. Both the 8th Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment and the 10th Battalion of the Sherwood Foresters from Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, were part of the 51st Brigade. [Original reads: 'British soldiers' graves in France.'] |
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| Description | Photographs, all taken on the British Western Front, that are not attributed to a particular photographer. |
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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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