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(595) D.989 - Wrecked houses in main street, Miraumont-le-Grand
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (595) D.989 - Wrecked houses in main street, Miraumont-le-Grand |
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| Description | The devastation caused in Miraumont-le-Grand during the Somme advance, was captured on camera by the British official photographer, John Warwick Brooke. Countless towns and villages along the entire length of the Western Front suffered a similar fate to this. The work of photographers such as Warwick Brooke has provided future generations with an invaluable account of this dark episode in human history. It is estimated that in France alone approximately 300,000 houses were destroyed as a direct result of the fighting during World War I. This of course does not take into account the devastation caused along the Belgian stretch of the Western Front. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE SOMME ADVANCE. Wrecked houses in main street, Miraumont-le-Grand.'] |
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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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