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(90) D.1251 - Horses waiting to fetch ammunition
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (90) D.1251 - Horses waiting to fetch ammunition |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74548312 |
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| Description | The ruins of a cottage or outhouses have various horses stabled in them or lined up through them. The ruins have been there long enough that there are saplings growing in them! One of the soldiers with the horses has turned round to look at the camera - he does not appear to be very amused. Horses were one of the most precious resources during this period. They were often the only means of transport in muddy and rough terrain. Many of them, however, did not survive the journey over the Channel and those that did were subject to the same shelling danger as any soldier. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. Horses waiting to fetch ammunition.'] |
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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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