British Western Front
(155) X.35014 - Army rations, Western Front, during World War I
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > British Western Front > (155) X.35014 - Army rations, Western Front, during World War I |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74549578 |
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| Description | A smiling soldier sitting in the mud near the Front, eating a spoonful of hot food, possibly a potato, from a steaming food container. This would appear to be one of a series of photographs showing the soldiers' rations, possibly intended to reassure their families at home. The photograph had no original caption. In theory, the British army rations were well balanced and probably better than many of the poorer men would have had in their civilian life, However, the long, difficult supply lines and the sheer scale of the army, meant that full supplies often failed to reach the troops. [Original reads: No original caption.] |
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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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