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(20) C.1721 - British Cavalrymen sheltering behind their horses from the snow and wind during the recent operations
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Cavalry > (20) C.1721 - British Cavalrymen sheltering behind their horses from the snow and wind during the recent operations |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74545868 |
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| Description | Members of the British Cavalry during World War I. Members of the British Cavalry huddle together, next to their horses. The horses and men keep close to one another in an attempt to keep warm, and shelter from the snow and wind. Many of the horses are covered in snow. Conditions for front line soldiers were abominable, as this picture shows. The Western Front was a very muddy place, soldiers even drowned in liquid mud during battles. Original caption reads, 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. British Cavalrymen sheltering behind their horses from the snow and wind during recent operations.'] |
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| Description | Photographs depicting cavalry. |
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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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