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(1) A.196 - Irish troops march past the Duke of Connaught and General Sir Herbert Plumer

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(1) A.196 - Irish troops march past the Duke of Connaught and General Sir Herbert Plumer

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(1) A.196 - Irish troops march past the Duke of Connaught and General Sir Herbert Plumer
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DescriptionIrish troops march along a dusty tree-lined road. Some of the troops are playing the bagpipes. Onlookers watch from the side of the road. In the distance are a number of vehicles and a man on a grey horse. The Duke of Connaught was Queen Victoria's third son. General Plumer was celebrated for leading the successful Battle of Messines Ridge in 1917. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE WESTERN FRONT - Irish troops march past the Duke of Connaught and General Sir Herbert Plumer.']
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Form / genre: Images > Pictures > Photographs > Photographic prints
Dates / events: Messines, Battle of, Belgium, 1917 [Probable date created]
World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front [Date/event depicted]
Places: Europe > Belgium > Flanders > West-Vlaanderen > Mesen (inhabited place) [Probable place created]
Subject / content: Bagpipes
Equestrians
Horses
Dukes
Generals
Soldiers
Military personnel
Inspection
Black-and-white prints (photographs)
Propaganda
Royalty
Visiting
War photography
Photojournalism
Person / organisation: Arthur, Prince, Duke of Connaught, 1850-1942 [Depicted]
Plumer of Messines, Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, Viscount, 1857-1932 [Depicted]
Great Britain. Army. Division, 36th [Depicted]
Great Britain. Army. Division, 16th [Depicted]
Haig, Douglas Haig, Earl, 1861-1928 [Former owner]

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Royal visits
DescriptionPhotographs of royal visits to the Western Front. Royal visits were seen as an important way of boosting morale.
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Subject / content: Royalty
Visiting

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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.
ShelfmarkAcc.3155
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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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