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(572) D.920 - Solid dugouts on the roadside
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > John Warwick Brooke > (572) D.920 - Solid dugouts on the roadside |
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| Description | This image shows a row of well-constructed dugouts positioned along a roadside. They have been built using a combination of sandbags, corrugated iron and wooden supports, and even appear to include a small chimney. In many instances dugouts were no more than small holes dug into the side of a trench wall, often only a few feet wide. This is a good example of the larger dugouts that were being built at the Front, particularly during the later stages of the war. Often constructed beyond the range of enemy fire, they were regularly used as battalion headquarters or officers' sleeping quarters. The vast majority of men at the Front never experienced this kind of luxury. [Original reads: 'BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE WESTERN FRONT. Solid dugouts on the roadside.'] |
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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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