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(252) D.2114 - Telegraph wire going up for No Man's Land
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (252) D.2114 - Telegraph wire going up for No Man's Land |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74547240 |
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| Description | Signallers carrying large rolls of telegraph wire. The rolls look like large cotton reels, with a stick attached for carrying. The men are walking over a muddy and exposed area. Duckboards have been laid on the ground to make it easier underfoot. All of the men are in uniform and wearing steel helmets. Three men stand off to the side talking. To the right of the pathway the ground looks water-logged and dangerous. Signallers were not only responsible for sending messages, they were also responsible for laying and maintaining the lines of communication. This work often took them extremely close to the fighting, and as such could be very dangerous. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. THE BATTLE OF THE RIDGES. Telegraph wire going up for No Man's Land. Signallers on the way to establish communications.'] |
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| Description | John Warwick Brooke, of the Topical Press Agency, was the second British official war photographer to go to the Western Front in 1916. The demands placed on he and his colleague, Ernest Brooks, were heavy. They had to take as many photographs as possible, with as much variety as possible, a difficult task for two men covering an army of over two million. Despite this, Warwick Brooke managed to take what would become some of the most memorable images of World War I. As an officially appointed photographer, Warwick Brooke was assigned to the Western Front to follow the progress of the British Army. During his time there, between 1916 and 1918, Warwick Brooke is estimated to have taken over 4,000 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. |
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| Shelfmark | Acc.3155 |
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