British Western Front
(134) X.34046 - Some Tommies having dinner in a captured village
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > British Western Front > (134) X.34046 - Some Tommies having dinner in a captured village |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74549504 |
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| Description | Soldiers eating, Western Front, during World War I. Soldiers relaxing in the remains of a shelled building. One man is sitting and eating at a salvaged table, while others are scavenging through the wreckage. There are pots and pans on the table, and a tin-can brazier is set on the ground. For men who had been in the trenches and in battle, even simple things, like sitting at a table to eat, must have seemed luxurious. Experienced soldiers became good at salvaging anything that could, even temporarily, make life more bearable. [Original reads: 'Some Tommies having dinner in a captured 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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