British Western Front
(6) Folio 19450 - Troops in steel helmets moving along a communication trench fully equipped for their various duties
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > British Western Front > (6) Folio 19450 - Troops in steel helmets moving along a communication trench fully equipped for their various duties |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74545814 |
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| Description | Equipped British soldiers in a trench, France, during World War I. Eight soldiers walk towards the camera in single file. They are all carrying different pieces of large equipment. The trench they are walking in is well kept and tidy. There is no mud or debris. The trench is not very deep. [Original reads: 'EUROPEAN WAR - WITH THE BRITISH FORCES IN FRANCE -Troops in steel helmets moving along a communication trench fully equipped for their various duties.'] |
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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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