British Western Front
(91) X.32086 - Staff car in a strafed village
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > British Western Front > (91) X.32086 - Staff car in a strafed village |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74549362 |
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| Description | A military car parked beside a sentry-box built of sandbags in a partly destroyed village. Several signs indicate a gas-alarm point is situated at the sentry station. As the war progressed, motor vehicles were increasingly used by senior staff, although they still wore their cavalry breeches. The ruined half-timbered building in this photograph was probably medieval in origin. While many of the medieval churches were repaired or reconstructed, many fine examples of French vernacular architecture were destroyed. This was important as it was a part of the national and local identity which was permanently lost. [Original reads: 'A staff car in a strafed village.'] |
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| Description | Photographs, all taken on the British Western Front, that are not attributed to a particular photographer. |
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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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