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(512) D.738 - Food for Tommy ready for the trenches
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (512) D.738 - Food for Tommy ready for the trenches |
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| Description | These food-supply lorries are quite likely Dennis 3-Ton lorries. Powered by a four-cylinder engine, they had a top speed of 55mph. During World War I more than 7,000 of these Dennis 3-Ton lorries were built for the British Army. In the decade before war broke out, the British Army had been planning how large automobiles might be used in a future conflict. The general staff realised that lorries would be required to transport troops at high speed. Part of this forward-thinking strategy was for the army to requisition motor transport from firms and public services during a wartime emergency, at a yearly rate of £15. [Original reads: 'SCENES ON THE WESTERN FRONT. Snow at the front. Food for Tommy ready for 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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