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(19) D.552 - Army chaplain helping along a Boche prisoner taken on the 13th
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Germans > (19) D.552 - Army chaplain helping along a Boche prisoner taken on the 13th |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74547380 |
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| Description | A German prisoner, with his arm in a sling, is being helped along the road by a British army chaplain. This photograph was taken just after the Allied capture of Beaumont Hamel and St Pierre Divion. This battle concluded the five months of gruelling fighting of the 1916 Somme offensive. 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 shot appears posed as the chaplain, in a long white riding coat and light shoes, does not appear to have been in the trenches. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE FRONT IN FRANCE. An Army Chaplain helping along a Boche prisoner taken 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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