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(18) C.2011 - Her Majesty at one of the many hospitals she visited
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Royal visits > (18) C.2011 - Her Majesty at one of the many hospitals she visited |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74546696 |
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| Description | Queen Mary visiting a hospital on the Western Front. She is standing in front of a wooden building with two doorways. There is a sign beside each doorway, they read 'COMMANDING OFFICER' and 'COMPART OFFICER.' The Queen is pointing to something behind the camera and talking to a high ranking military official. A number of uniformed men and two nurses stand close by. A small woman with a sunshade stands with her back to the camera. Queen Mary and King George V visited the Western Front on several occasions during World War I. Queen Mary spent a lot of her time at the Front meeting those involved in the support services set up behind the front line. [Original reads: .'.ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. THE VISIT OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. - HER MAJESTY AT ONE OF THE MANY HOSPITALS SHE VISITED.'] |
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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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