British Western Front
(80) X.32068 - Clearing away mud on the Somme
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > British Western Front > (80) X.32068 - Clearing away mud on the Somme |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74549338 |
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| Description | Two soldiers standing knee deep in liquid mud in a trench on the Somme. They have bowl-shaped shovels with long handles, which they are using to try and scoop away some of the mud. It must have been backbreaking work. Both of these men are wearing the sleeveless leather jerkins with a blanket lining which were introduced late in 1916. The photograph must, therefore, have been taken no earlier than winter 1916. [Original reads: 'Clearing away mud on the Somme.'] |
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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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