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(12) D.1626 - Portuguese at a Gas School
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Allies > Portuguese > (12) D.1626 - Portuguese at a Gas School |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74547106 |
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| Description | Portuguese soldiers queuing to enter a gas shed. There is a shed to the left of the photograph which has been positioned at the bottom of a small hill. This hill is covered in rough grass and there is a bush growing behind the shed. The shed itself is covered in nailed but un-tarred felt. The door, however, has been left as plain wooden planks. There is Portuguese written on the door as well as English, 'Perico, Danger, Gaz.' Outside of this door are five soldiers queuing along the foot of the bank. They are wearing their uniforms and carrying little equipment bags. They have no helmets on but do have leather straps over their heads and the edge of their gas masks is visible. Gas attacks and working in gaseous atmospheres would have been alien to most of the troops recruited towards the end of the war. As a result training was an important part of producing competent and efficient soldiers. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. Portuguese at a Gas School.'] |
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| Description | Photographs of Portuguese soldiers. |
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| Description | Photographs of various nationalities allied to the British. |
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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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