British Western Front
(153) X.35008 - Framed in the ruins of Villers Carbonne
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > British Western Front > (153) X.35008 - Framed in the ruins of Villers Carbonne |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74549570 |
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| Description | Ruins in Villers Carbonnel, Ancre region, France, during World War I. An Allied soldier looking out through the empty window frame of a shattered house. The building had been constructed of clay daub on a framework of lathe set on a low brick foundation. This traditional type of structure was easily destroyed. This photograph is probably one of a series emphasising the Allied advance during the spring of 1917. It would have been important for Field Marshal Haig that the official photographers recorded the destruction caused by the retreating German army. [Original reads: 'Framed in the ruins of Villers Carbonnel.'] |
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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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