Royal visits
(38) C.2077 - Arrival of H.M. the Queen at a Belgian Hospital
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Royal visits > (38) C.2077 - Arrival of H.M. the Queen at a Belgian Hospital |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74546474 |
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| Description | Queen Mary arriving at a hospital. She is met by a welcoming party of army officials. One nurse stands in the background watching the scene. The Queen has just alighted from a Rolls Royce with the registration number 'RC.230.' [Original reads: 'BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE WESTERN FRONT. Arrival of H.M. the Queen at a Belgian Hospital.'] |
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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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