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(28) X.35060 - Digging sand
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Allies > South African > (28) X.35060 - Digging sand |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74549618 |
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| Description | Labour Corps digging, Western Front, during World War I. This photograph shows five men of one of the Labour Corps groups, probably the South African Native Labour Contingent (SANLC) digging sand under the supervision of a native NCO. The purpose of their digging is unclear but it is possible that they were filling the ever-necessary sandbags. The Labour Corps included many non-European groups such as the South Africans, Egyptians, Chinese, Cape Coloured and Indian Corps. They were not only restricted from contact with white Europeans but were also segregated into different racially-determined Corps. [Original reads: 'Digging sand.'] |
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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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