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(307) D.2702 - Good wash-up after coming out of the trenches
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (307) D.2702 - Good wash-up after coming out of the trenches |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74547586 |
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| Description | This photograph shows three young soldiers in the shell of a ruined building. Two of them are stripped to the waist, washing at a bucket of water. The identity tag of the man in the middle can be seen hanging around his neck. Even today, skeletons of missing soldiers are found, during farming and building work in the Western Front area. Few can be identified because identity tags before 1916 were made of fibre, and after 1916 of very thin iron plates. Both types of tag rotted in the ground very quickly. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. A good wash-up after coming out of the trenches.'] |
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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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