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(12) C.1711 - King of Belgium inspects a Belgian heavy battery
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Royal visits > (12) C.1711 - King of Belgium inspects a Belgian heavy battery |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74546050 |
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| Description | Two rows of men are lined up across train tracks while the officers and King Albert (1875-1934) march up and down in front. Behind the soldiers are containers on carriages and a gun on a carriage. Albert I resisted the German invasion of Belgium in 1914 and he spent the whole of World War I at the head of his army. [Original reads: 'KING OF THE BELGIANS VISITS THE WESTERN FRONT. The King of the Belgians inspects a Belgian heavy battery.'] |
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| Description | Photographs of royal visits to the Western Front. Royal visits were seen as an important way of boosting morale. |
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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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