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(24) X.35052 - S.M. giving a native policeman instructions
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Allies > South African > (24) X.35052 - S.M. giving a native policeman instructions |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74549610 |
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| Description | Labour Corps policeman, Western Front, during World War I. This photograph shows a black Labour Corps policeman being given instructions by a white officer. The same policeman is in a group photograph of native policemen, taken in the same camp. They are all probably members of the South African Native Labour Contingent (SANLC). The photograph must have been taken after the end of February, 1917, when the Labour Camps were set up on the Western Front. The black South Africans were treated with extreme racism. They were not allowed to act in a military capacity, they were segregated and, unlike some other native labour contingents, they were not awarded any medals after the war. [Original reads: 'A, S.M. giving a native policeman instructions.'] |
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| Description | Photographs of South African soldiers, the South African Labour Contingent and South African civilians. |
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| Description | Photographs of various nationalities allied to the British. |
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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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