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(255) D.2117 - Two Irish Guardsmen taking up duck-boards to make a track over newly captured ground of yesterday's great attack on the outskirts of Houlthulst Wood
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (255) D.2117 - Two Irish Guardsmen taking up duck-boards to make a track over newly captured ground of yesterday's great attack on the outskirts of Houlthulst Wood |
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| Description | Three soldiers sitting on duckboards. The three men are all laden with arms and equipment. The ground underfoot is extremely muddy - laying the duckboard will make travelling across it easier. A duckboard path winds its way into the distance, with a group of men visible in the background. The original caption is rather misleading in that it states this photograph was taken in France. In actual fact, Houthulst Wood is in Belgium. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. THE BATTLE OF THE RIDGES. Two Irish Guardsmen taking up duck-boards to make a track over newly captured ground of yesterday's great attack on the outskirts of HOULTHULST WOOD[sic].'] |
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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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