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(3) C.1029 - Coldstreamers march past the Duke of Connaught after the inspection
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/74546824
Description	The Duke of Connaught inspecting a long line of troops as they march past. According to the photograph's original caption the troops are members of the Coldstream Guards. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THE FRONT IN FRANCE - INSPECTION OF THE GUARDS BY H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT - COLDSTREAMERS MARCH PAST THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT AFTER THE INSPECTION.']

Form / genre:	Images > Pictures > Photographs > Photographic prints
Dates / events:	World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front [Date/event depicted]
Places:	Europe > France (nation) [Place created]
Subject / content:	Sitting Soldiers Dukes Equestrians Horses Saluting Armies Inspection Processions Military uniforms Rifles (long guns) Black-and-white prints (photographs) Propaganda Royalty Visiting War photography Photojournalism
Person / organisation:	Arthur, Prince, Duke of Connaught, 1850-1942 [Depicted] Great Britain. Army. Coldstream Guards [Depicted] Brooks, Ernest, British official photographer [Photographer] Haig, Douglas Haig, Earl, 1861-1928 [Former owner]
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Royal visits
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Description	Photographs of royal visits to the Western Front. Royal visits were seen as an important way of boosting morale.

Subject / content:	Royalty Visiting
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First World War 'Official Photographs'
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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.
Shelfmark	Acc.3155

Form / genre:	Images > Pictures > Photographs > Photographic prints
Dates / events:	World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front [Date/event depicted]
Subject / content:	War photography Black-and-white prints (photographs) Photojournalism Propaganda
Person / organisation:	Haig, Douglas Haig, Earl, 1861-1928 [Former owner]
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