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	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.372 - French doctor attending to a wounded British Tommy [74548980] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.373 - Message bearers coming down a shell shattered road [74548982] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.374 - Stretcher bearers moving hurriedly along a shell shattered road in the fighting area [74548984] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.376 - Cheerio! [74548986] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.378 - Newly captured German machine at a Flying Corps depot near the front [74548988] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.381 - Some shell cases on the roadside in the front area, the contents of which have been despatched over into the German lines [74548990] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.382 - Two swans well known to the Tommies in a certain area in France: midst pretty surroundings [74548992] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.383 - French troops on the road moving up with British Tommies on the roadside near the Line [74548994] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.384 - British Tommy helping a French soldier with his morning wash [74548996] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.387 - Canaries which have been rescued from amidst the ruins in shelled areas [74548998] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.389 - French Troops moving up into action [74549000] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.390 - Royal Fusiliers going up into action [74549002] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.392 - Officers watching a wiring demonstration in France [74549004] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.394 - R.A.F. men with their pet rabbits at a Squadron near the lines [74549006] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.395 - C.O. with pilot and observer referring to photos and maps prior to setting out for the German lines [74549008] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.397 - Cheery pilot and observer with their mascot pup ready for a flight over the German lines [74549010] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.400 - One of our planes over the German lines taking observations [74549012] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.403 - Our aeroplanes making a flight over the German lines to take observation of the enemy's movements [74549014] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.404 - Fowl house in the trenches just behind the front line [74549016] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.405 - Paddy, a gassed case [74549018] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.406 - Bruce, a well known messenger dog who is always working under shell fire in the line [74549020] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.407 - War messenger dog in the front area swimming across a canal to reach its master and deliver a message [74549022] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.408 - Reading a message this dog has just delivered [74549024] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.410 - Messenger dogs with their keepers going across country up to the front line [74549026] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.411 - Dog delivering a message, a shell hole being used as a temporary post [74549028] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.412 - Messenger dog in the front area jumping across shell holes with a message for headquarters behind the lines [74549030] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.413 - Messenger dog base just behind the line [74549032] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.419 - Snap at a seaside resort [74549036] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.420 - British, French and American soldiers seated with W.A.A.C.s on the sands watching French kiddies building sand castles [74549038] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.423 - Giant German plane which was brought down by us being towed away from the line [74549040] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.424 - Incident in a big football match near the line between British and French Tommies [74549042] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.425 - Goalkeeper between the sticks [74549044] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.430 - French troops lined up watching British Artillery passing through a village [74549046] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.432 - View of Amiens [74549048] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.433 - French soldiers removing the wines from the cellars in Amiens into lorries [74549050] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.434 - Showing the hole in the roof through which the first shell to strike the Cathedral entered [74549052] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.435 - View inside Amiens Cathedral [74549054] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.436 - View of the altar in Amiens Cathedral showing the protective measures taken inside the Cathedral [74549056] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.437 - Amiens Cathedral [74549058] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.445 - British Tommy interests himself in the happiness of the kiddies on the sands at a French coast resort [74549060] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.446 - French peasant girls grazing cattle chatting to Tommy [74549062] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.449 - Old Frenchwoman in Amiens evacuating her house leaving her pet canary to the tender mercies of a British Tommy [74549064] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.450 - Effect of a high explosive shell on the ground alongside a road [74549066] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.452 - View in Bethune showing the clock tower in the background [74549068] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.453 - Grande Place in Bethune showing the clock tower in the foreground and the church tower in the background [74549070] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.455 - Looking down the Rue Sadi-Carnet at Bethune [74549072] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.458 - Part of the church at Bethune [74549074] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.461 - View in Bethune showing the church tower [74549076] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.463 - British Intelligence sergeant questioning a stranger in the deserted streets of a French town [74549078] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.467 - In Bethune showing a shell hole [74549080] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- Probable date created: 1918

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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/75171409
Description	Tom Aitken was a newspaper photographer from Glasgow who was assigned in December 1917 as a war photographer along with David McLellan and Armando Consolé. McLellan's work also features in the National Library of Scotland’s Haig Papers. War photographers held a hybrid position during World War I, being part of yet not ultimately responsible to the military.

Dates / events:	1917-1918 [Probable date/event depicted]
Places:	Europe > France (nation) [Place created]
Person / organisation:	Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- [Photographer] Great Britain. Army [Depicted]
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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.
Shelfmark	Acc.3155

Form / genre:	Images > Pictures > Photographs > Photographic prints
Dates / events:	World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front [Date/event depicted]
Subject / content:	War photography Black-and-white prints (photographs) Photojournalism Propaganda
Person / organisation:	Haig, Douglas Haig, Earl, 1861-1928 [Former owner]
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