British Western Front
(143) X.34075 - Cans of our water
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > British Western Front > (143) X.34075 - Cans of our water |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74549532 |
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| Description | Four soldiers posed beneath a sign which reads, 'Good Water. Water bottle filling point'. Each man has some tin water cans ready for filling. They appear to be from different units. The officer's cap badge is indistinct but has antlers or a stag's head (possibly of the Seaforth Highlanders). One of the men has shoulder letters RHA (possibly Royal Horse Artillery) and another has the letters H(?)GC. Water supplies were a constant problem throughout the war and the frequent lack of clean water often led to severe and debilitating gastric problems. In this collection there are many photographs showing different ways of solving the problem, from standpipes to horse-drawn water tankers. [Original reads: 'Cans of our Water.'] |
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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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