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Thumbnail for 'A.212 - Presentation of medals'

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A.212 - Presentation of medals [74545804]

Date created: 1916-1918
Thumbnail for 'A.218 - Officers and men of a Field Ambulance somewhere in France'

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A.218 - Officers and men of a Field Ambulance somewhere in France [74545806]

Date created: 1916-1918
Thumbnail for 'B.84 - Tommy salutes French troops passing through a town'

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B.84 - Tommy salutes French troops passing through a town [74545808]

Date created: 1916-1918
Thumbnail for 'B.85 - R.A.F. man wishing good luck to a French cavalryman on their way to combining with the British'

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B.85 - R.A.F. man wishing good luck to a French cavalryman on their way to combining with the British [74545810]

Date created: 1916-1918
Thumbnail for 'Folio 19446 - Party who raided the German trenches'

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Folio 19446 - Party who raided the German trenches [74545812]

Thumbnail for 'Folio 19450 - Troops in steel helmets moving along a communication trench fully equipped for their various duties'

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Folio 19450 - Troops in steel helmets moving along a communication trench fully equipped for their various duties [74545814]

Date created: 1916-1918
Thumbnail for 'Folio 19451 - Group in the trenches'

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Folio 19451 - Group in the trenches [74545816]

Date created: 1916-1918
Thumbnail for 'M.76 - Air raid damage done at one of the hospitals of the St. John's Ambulance Association'

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M.76 - Air raid damage done at one of the hospitals of the St. John's Ambulance Association [74545818]

Date created: 1916-1918
Thumbnail for 'M.81 - Air raid damage done at one of the hospitals of the St. John's Ambulance Association'

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M.81 - Air raid damage done at one of the hospitals of the St. John's Ambulance Association [74545820]

Date created: 1916-1918
Thumbnail for 'S.355 - Wet and muddy trench'

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S.355 - Wet and muddy trench [74545844]

Date created: 1916-1918
Thumbnail for 'S.356 - Deserted trench during World War I'

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S.356 - Deserted trench during World War I [74545846]

Date created: 1916-1918
Thumbnail for 'O.897 - Where Tommy's footwear is repaired'

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O.897 - Where Tommy's footwear is repaired [74545850]

Date created: 1916-1918
Thumbnail for 'V.15 - Constructing the road to Menin'

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V.15 - Constructing the road to Menin [74545852]

Thumbnail for 'V.14 - Cloth Hall at Ypres again the centre of interest'

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V.14 - Cloth Hall at Ypres again the centre of interest [74545854]

Date created: 1916-1918
Thumbnail for 'V.17 - On the road to Gheluvelt'

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V.17 - On the road to Gheluvelt [74545856]

Thumbnail for 'V.25 - Canal at La Bassee, showing destroyed bridge'

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V.25 - Canal at La Bassee, showing destroyed bridge [74545918]

Date created: 1916-1918
Thumbnail for 'C.2413 - Listening to His Master's voice'

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C.2413 - Listening to His Master's voice [74546170]

Thumbnail for 'C.2793 - At a training school'

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C.2793 - At a training school [74546528]

Thumbnail for 'C.1081 - Seaforths helping the French to get in potatoes'

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C.1081 - Seaforths helping the French to get in potatoes [74546602]

Thumbnail for 'D.2875 (verso) - Lady ambulance drivers decorated for bravery during air-raids (verso)'

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D.2875 (verso) - Lady ambulance drivers decorated for bravery during air-raids (verso) [74546942]

Thumbnail for 'D.2912 - Some of the many stables where our tanks are housed'

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D.2912 - Some of the many stables where our tanks are housed [74546950]

Thumbnail for 'D.675 - Supply train arriving at a railhead'

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D.675 - Supply train arriving at a railhead [74547998]

Thumbnail for 'D.866 - Loading a fodder train'

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D.866 - Loading a fodder train [74548510]

Thumbnail for 'X.27001 - Military Police had their work cut out to keep the dogs off the parade ground'

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X.27001 - Military Police had their work cut out to keep the dogs off the parade ground [74548572]

Thumbnail for 'Box 27/78 - Muddy road'

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Box 27/78 - Muddy road [74548574]

Thumbnail for 'Box 27/29 - Member of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry cleaning ... car'

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Box 27/29 - Member of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry cleaning ... car [74548576]

Thumbnail for 'X.27006 - Bringing in an injured man'

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X.27006 - Bringing in an injured man [74548582]

Thumbnail for 'X.27008 - I would like to borrow your coat old chap'

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X.27008 - I would like to borrow your coat old chap [74548586]

Thumbnail for 'X.27010 - Saved by shrapnel helmet'

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X.27010 - Saved by shrapnel helmet [74548588]

Thumbnail for 'X.27011 - Light railway - of which we have a network'

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X.27011 - Light railway - of which we have a network [74548590]

Thumbnail for 'X.27012 - In the Bakery - putting sacks of flour on the elevator'

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X.27012 - In the Bakery - putting sacks of flour on the elevator [74548592]

Thumbnail for 'X.27013 - O.P.'

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X.27013 - O.P. [74548594]

Thumbnail for 'L.573 - British tanks going forward to check the German advance'

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L.573 - British tanks going forward to check the German advance [74548700]

Thumbnail for 'X.25001(a) - Third Army'

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X.25001(a) - Third Army [74549196]

Date created: 1917
Thumbnail for 'X.25001(b) - Montbrehain Sept - Oct. 1918'

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X.25001(b) - Montbrehain Sept - Oct. 1918 [74549198]

Date created: 1917
Thumbnail for 'X.25001d - Montbrehain'

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X.25001d - Montbrehain [74549200]

Date created: 1917
Thumbnail for 'X.25012 - Tanks passing dead Germans who were alive before the cavalry advanced a few minutes before the picture was taken'

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X.25012 - Tanks passing dead Germans who were alive before the cavalry advanced a few minutes before the picture was taken [74549216]

Thumbnail for 'X.25038 - Kindness to animals'

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X.25038 - Kindness to animals [74549248]

Thumbnail for 'X.25051 - Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry'

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X.25051 - Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry [74549250]

Thumbnail for 'X.25052 - German shell bursting close to our trenches'

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X.25052 - German shell bursting close to our trenches [74549252]

Thumbnail for 'X.25052 (verso) - German shell bursting close to our trenches'

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X.25052 (verso) - German shell bursting close to our trenches [74549254]

Thumbnail for 'X.32002 - Framework of a bed: all that is left of a house'

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X.32002 - Framework of a bed: all that is left of a house [74549256]

Thumbnail for 'X.32003 - Artillery officers at the entrance to their dugout'

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X.32003 - Artillery officers at the entrance to their dugout [74549258]

Thumbnail for 'X.32004 - Before shaving Tommy cleans his rifle after coming out of the trenches'

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X.32004 - Before shaving Tommy cleans his rifle after coming out of the trenches [74549260]

Thumbnail for 'X.32005 - Rifle inspection after being relieved from the front line'

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X.32005 - Rifle inspection after being relieved from the front line [74549262]

Thumbnail for 'X.32010 - Gun limbers going up over captured ground'

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X.32010 - Gun limbers going up over captured ground [74549264]

Thumbnail for 'X.32011 - Well clad British soldier'

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X.32011 - Well clad British soldier [74549266]

Thumbnail for 'X.32015 - Getting water from a hole in the ice'

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X.32015 - Getting water from a hole in the ice [74549268]

Thumbnail for 'X.32017 - Arriving at their destination'

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X.32017 - Arriving at their destination [74549270]

Thumbnail for 'X.32018 - Gun going back to hospital for repairs'

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X.32018 - Gun going back to hospital for repairs [74549272]

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British Western Front
Permanent URLhttps://digital.nls.uk/75201641
DescriptionPhotographs, all taken on the British Western Front, that are not attributed to a particular photographer.
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First World War 'Official Photographs'
DescriptionBlack-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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