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(76) D.1733 - H.M. climbing to the Butte de Warlancourt
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Royal visits > (76) D.1733 - H.M. climbing to the Butte de Warlancourt |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74547790 |
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| Description | King George V climbing a large mound known as the Butte de Warlencourt. He is followed, in single file, by a number of other uniformed men. Although there is no date attached to this photograph, it is known that the King visited the Butte in July 1917 - a likely date for this photograph taken by the British official photographer, John Warwick Brooke. Located close to the towns of Albert and Bapaume, the Butte de Warlencourt was the scene of some of the fiercest fighting during the Somme Offensive of 1916. An excellent vantage point for the surrounding area, it changed hands numerous times throughout the war. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE WESTERN FRONT. H.M. climbing to the Butte de Warlancourt [Warlencourt].'] |
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| Description | Photographs of royal visits to the Western Front. Royal visits were seen as an important way of boosting morale. |
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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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