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(18) D.549 - Boche prisoner, wounded and muddy, coming in on the 13th
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Germans > (18) D.549 - Boche prisoner, wounded and muddy, coming in on the 13th |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74547374 |
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| Description | A British soldier is helping a wounded German prisoner walk along a railway track away from a bridge. A man, possibly in French military uniform, is shown behind them, holding a camera and tripod. The derogatory term for a German, 'Boche’ or 'Bosch’, originates from the French slang 'alboche’, which was two words 'Allemand’ (German) and 'caboche’ (pate, head) put together. This photograph is a reminder that the French also had official war photographers. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE FRONT IN FRANCE. A Boche prisoner, wounded and muddy, coming in on the 13th.'] |
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| Description | Photographs taken in Germany, by Germans or of Germans. |
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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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