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(520) D.759 - Some Scottish troops taking a halt in the snow
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (520) D.759 - Some Scottish troops taking a halt in the snow |
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| Description | Assembling to face the photographer, this image captures some Scottish soldiers who are stopping for a short rest and quick cigarette while marching through the snow. As shown by their bare knees, many of them are dressed in their regimental kilts - which probably did not help them to stay all that warm. The slang term that British soldiers used for cigarettes was 'coffin nails'. The combination of frost, snow and ice must have led to a deterioration in the soldiers’ physical health, and caused outbreaks of illness and disease - not to mention the debilitating effect that such weather, combined with the warfare, must have had on their mental health. [Original reads: 'BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE WESTERN FRONT. Some Scottish troops taking a halt in the snow.'] |
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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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