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(274) D.2194 - Highland machine-gunner ready with his gun for any emergency
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (274) D.2194 - Highland machine-gunner ready with his gun for any emergency |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74547316 |
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| Description | There is a thin line of trees in the background which open out onto countryside. At the front of the picture a trench has been dug into a field of long grass. This trench is not particularly deep and is quite spacious. There are wooden braces all over the trench and the edges are thick with sandbags. In the middle of this a kilted soldier is standing on lookout. It is thought that John Warwick Brooke is responsible for this photograph. Although it is reported that artillery fire caused the most amount of casualties during the war, the machine gun was the first weapon to repel large attacks and still keep the operator relatively safe. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. Highland machine-gunner ready with his gun for any emergency.'] |
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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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