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(554) D.852 - Unloading meat from a meat ship
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (554) D.852 - Unloading meat from a meat ship |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74548504 |
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| Description | Soldiers and officers, some in long overcoats, crowd around a quayside as a supply ship is unloaded. From 1915 onwards, the German U-boat offensive began in earnest. Supply ships were amongst those targeted by the submarines, leading to serious food and supply shortages at the Front. 'Tommy’ entered into general usage after the Rudyard Kipling poems, 'Tommy’ and 'To Thomas Atkins’ (1892), which pay homage to the sturdy character of the average British soldier. It forms part of series showing the arrival and distribution of food at the Front. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE WESTERN FRONT. HOW TOMMY IS FED. Unloading meat from a meat ship.'] |
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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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