Royal visits
(46) C.2592 - Duke of Connaught at a Training School on the British Front
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Royal visits > (46) C.2592 - Duke of Connaught at a Training School on the British Front |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74546230 |
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| Description | The Duke of Connaught is facing the camera surrounded by four officers. He is talking to four uniformed American soldiers who are standing with their backs to the camera. It is believed that Ernest Brooks took this photograph. The Duke of Connaught, King Edward VII brother, was Governor-General of Canada at this time and a well respected military man. [Original reads: 'H.R.H.DUKE OF CONNAUGHT VISITS THE WESTERN FRONT - H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught speaking to some American Officers at a Training School on the British Front.'] |
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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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