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(25) X.35054 - Soup kitchen
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Allies > South African > (25) X.35054 - Soup kitchen |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74549612 |
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| Description | Cooking in a labour camp, Western Front, during World War I. This photograph shows four men cooking and drinking soup from one of the army outside catering boilers. They are all probably members of the South African Native Labour Contingent (SANLC) who were recruited to work in a non-military capacity on the Western Front as part of the Labour Corps. When the SANLC were recruited, the units tended to be organised on the basis of their homeland tribe or region. In part this was to avoid problems from traditional tribal feuds, but it also reflects the fear of the South African government that the different native groups would combine against the existing white rule. [Original reads: 'The soup kitchen.'] |
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| Description | Photographs of South African soldiers, the South African Labour Contingent and South African civilians. |
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| Description | Photographs of various nationalities allied to the British. |
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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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