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(550) D.845 - Showing one of the ovens with trays of newly baked bread
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (550) D.845 - Showing one of the ovens with trays of newly baked bread |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74547480 |
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| Description | Men, some local civilians, some probably members of the Army Service Corps, stand beside the big wooden stretchers full of loaves they have just taken from the ovens in the background. The logistics of feeding such a large army had never been faced before World War I. 'Tommy' is 'Tommy Atkins', a fictional hero figure representing the average British soldier. This is one of a series of photographs about the food supplies for the troops, possibly intended to reassure their families at home. In fact the bread when it reached the Front was often stale or dirty. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. How Tommy is fed. Showing one of the ovens with trays of newly baked bread.'] |
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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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