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	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.469 - Mascot of a battery who are kept very busy shelling the Germans [74549082] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.470 - About to ram home a shell [74549084] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.471 - Although the Germans shell this area every day it does not dissuade this French peasant from attending to his crops [74549086] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.472 - B.R.C.S. hut at a convalescent depot [74549088] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.476 - Convalescent soldiers in France having a game of billiards in a recreation hut provided for them by the B.R.C.S. [74549090] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.478 - Convalescent British soldiers in France having a rest in a recreation room in a hut provided for them by the B.R.C.S. [74549092] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.479 - Convalescent soldiers in France in the corner of a reading-room at a recreation hut provided for them by the B.R.C.S. [74549094] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.481 - Searching newly captured German prisoners [74549096] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.487 - Six inch Howitzer in action in the sweltering heat on the Western front [74549098] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.488 - Funeral of British Red Cross Nurse who was killed during the German Air Raid on Red Cross Hospital [74549100] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.490 - Cortege passing down the cemetery [74549102] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.491 - Lowering the coffin [74549104] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.495 - To save himself from the flying shrapnel of the two high explosive shells that have burst near, this Tommy has flung himself flat on the ground [74549106] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.497 - D.G.M.S.Officers and Staff [74549108] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.498 - Air mechanics seeing that all's well before the Handley-Page sets out to bomb the Germans [74549110] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.499 - One of her propellers [74549112] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.501 - Nose of a Handley-Page manned by three men [74549114] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.508 - Handley-Pages setting out to bomb the Germans [74549116] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.510 - Up in the air in a Handley-Page, showing another Handley-Page making for the enemy's lines [74549118] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.513 - Padre decorating the altar in his 'Church' in the line [74549120] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.514 - Shrine shattered by a German shell in the firing area [74549122] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.515 - Our R.E. busy completing a railway bridge over a waterway in France [74549124] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.517 - Pile-driver being used in bridge construction, France, during World War I [74549126] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.521 - Royal Engineers cutting piles to construct a bridge, France, during World War I [74549128] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.527 - W.A.A.C's on the sands somewhere in France [74549130] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.528 - W.A.A.C's bathing on the coast somewhere in France [74549132] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- Date created: 1917
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.534 - Effect of an incendiary shell [74549134] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.535 - Civilians saving their property near the line [74549136] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.536 - British and American Officers enjoying a rest at a rest house in France well known to officers on active service [74549138] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- Probable date created: 1918
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.537 - During the hot nights they sleep out in the open [74549140] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- Probable date created: 1918
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.538 - They have a good time in their leisure hours [74549142] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- Probable date created: 1918
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.539 - One of the workers is in charge of the camp mascot [74549144] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- Probable date created: 1918
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.586 - British, French and Italian wounded soldiers in a group, as cheery as ever [74549146] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.587 - Two British Tommies have an impromptu game of nap among the ruins of a shattered town [74549148] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.592 - One of the tanks waiting to move forward [74549150] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- Probable date created: 1916-1918
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.617 - Tanks showing some of their antics during the King's visit to their Headquarters [74549152] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.623 - Street in Amiens [74549156] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- Probable date created: 1918
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.627 - Damage done by the second shell which struck the Cathedral [74549158] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- Probable date created: 1918
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.634 - View in the Grand Place, Bethune [74549160] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- Probable date created: 1918
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.635 - Rue Sadi Carnet Bethune [74549162] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- Probable date created: 1918
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.647 - Grand Place Bethune showing the clock tower [74549164] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- Probable date created: 1918
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.677 - View taken inside the Cathedral [74549166] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- Probable date created: 1918
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.681 - Showing the railway lines near the station [74549168] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- Probable date created: 1918
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.689 - Remains of gun carriages etc. [74549170] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- Probable date created: 1918
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.699 - Vew in the German lines showing an ammunition dug-out that has been blown up at Achiet le Petit [74549172] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- Probable date created: 1918
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.717 - Captured battery of German 4.2 guns [74549174] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- Probable date created: 1918
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.734 - Busy scene just outside Bapaume [74548866] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- Date created: 1916-1918
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.736 - Two of our officers with a German anti-tank gun [74549176] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- Probable date created: 1918
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.740 - Party of our brave stretcher bearers who were laid low by a German shell [74549178] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-
	First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > N.774 - Dominion journalists visit messenger dog depot in France [74549182] Photographer: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879-

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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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