Allies > Canadian and Newfoundland
(43) O.955 - Canadian mail arriving behind the firing line
Thumbnail gallery: Grid view | List view
Universal Viewer | 
Mirador | Large image
Images and transcriptions on this page, including medium image downloads, may be used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence unless otherwise stated. 
| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Allies > Canadian and Newfoundland > (43) O.955 - Canadian mail arriving behind the firing line |
|---|
| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74545836 |
|---|---|
| Description | Soldiers unloading sacks of Canadian mail from a canvas-topped truck. The men are taking the sacks into a building, most likely for sorting. Letters provided soldiers with a vital link to home and the outside world. The fact that letters were sent all over the world to and from the fighting troops illustrates the massive organisational feats that were achieved during World War I. Not only were men, horses, machinery and equipment transported all over the continent, they also managed to arrange an efficient postal service amongst the chaos. [Original reads: 'Canadian mail arriving behind the firing line.'] |
More information
|
|
| Description | Photographs from the Haig series that are connected with Canadian troops and the Newfoundland Regiment of the British Army. |
|---|---|
|
More information
|
|
| Description | Photographs of various nationalities allied to the British. |
|---|
| 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. |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | Acc.3155 |
|
More information
|
|