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(238) D.2093 - Cooks of the K.O.Y.L.I. preparing a meal for the men in the trenches
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (238) D.2093 - Cooks of the K.O.Y.L.I. preparing a meal for the men in the trenches |
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| Description | Two members of the K.O.Y.L.I. preparing a meal, near Wieltje, Belgium, during World War I. This image shows two men preparing food on a makeshift table. They are standing outside, in front of a ruined building bolstered by sandbags. One man is feeding food, possibly bully beef, into a mincer and turning the handle. As it comes out the other end, the second man appears to be chopping it up. K.O.Y.L.I. Stands for King's own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Whilst in the trenches, the staple food for the men was bully beef (tinned corned beef), bread and biscuits. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. BATTLE OF BROODSEYNDE [Broodseinde]. Behind Wieltje. Cooks of the K.O.Y.L.I. preparing a meal for the men in 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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