British Western Front
(114) X.33062 - Frying his bacon in a reserve trench
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > British Western Front > (114) X.33062 - Frying his bacon in a reserve trench |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74549430 |
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| Description | Frying breakfast in the reserve trenches, Western Front, during World War I. A soldier frying food in a large frying pan over a brazier made of a tin drum with holes cut in it. A few other men are watching. When supplies were sufficient, charcoal was used for these small braziers as it gives a good heat, without much smoke. In an emergency some men found the hard tack biscuits could be used as fuel. This reserve trench has a high protective rampart of sand-bags. Behind the trench there is a small water-filled drain or stream. The water was probably very contaminated with human sewage and mud. [Original reads: 'Frying his bacon in a reserve trench.'] |
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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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