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Wartime Collection (#4)

Background imageWartime Collection: German gun emplacement at Combles, Western Front, WW1

German gun emplacement at Combles, Western Front, WW1
One of the German gun emplacements at Combles, France, on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Ruined church at Ypres, Belgium, Western Front, WW1

Ruined church at Ypres, Belgium, Western Front, WW1
Scene inside a ruined church at Ypres, Belgium, after German bombing on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Damaged German guns, Pozieres, France, WW1

Damaged German guns, Pozieres, France, WW1
German guns knocked out of action by British artillery at Pozieres, France, on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British daytime bombing squadron, Western Front, WW1

British daytime bombing squadron, Western Front, WW1
A British daytime bombing squadron with large aircraft on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British soldiers on bathing parade, Western Front, WW1

British soldiers on bathing parade, Western Front, WW1

Background imageWartime Collection: British soldier in trench with signal rockets, WW1

British soldier in trench with signal rockets, WW1
A British soldier in a trench on the Western Front in France during World War One, with rockets used for signalling. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British soldiers bathing in the open air, WW1

British soldiers bathing in the open air, WW1
British soldiers bathing in the open air during hot weather on the Western Front, World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British soldiers cleaning harness in pond, WW1

British soldiers cleaning harness in pond, WW1

Background imageWartime Collection: Black Watch returning from trenches, Western Front, WW1

Black Watch returning from trenches, Western Front, WW1
Men of the Black Watch regiment returning from the trenches led by their pipers, on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Large RAF aircraft setting off with bombs, WW1

Large RAF aircraft setting off with bombs, WW1
A large RAF aircraft about to set off for Germany from the Western Front in France with a bomb load during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: RAF observer with wireless transmitter, WW1

RAF observer with wireless transmitter, WW1
An RAF observer with a wireless transmitter which allows him to keep in touch with British guns, on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Indian barber at work, Western Front, WW1

Indian barber at work, Western Front, WW1
An Indian barber at work on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: General view of Combles, France, Western Front, WW1

General view of Combles, France, Western Front, WW1
General view of Combles, France, on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Remains of Pozieres, France, Western Front, WW1

Remains of Pozieres, France, Western Front, WW1
All that remains of Pozieres, France, on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: High Street of Guillemont, France, Western Front, WW1

High Street of Guillemont, France, Western Front, WW1
What is left of the High Street of Guillemont, France, after the Battle of the Somme on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British soldiers heading for the firing line, WW1

British soldiers heading for the firing line, WW1
British soldiers heading for the firing line on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Loggers at work in France, Western Front, WW1

Loggers at work in France, Western Front, WW1
Loggers at work on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: RAF scouting squadron about to set off, WW1

RAF scouting squadron about to set off, WW1
An RAF scouting squadron about to set off for enemy lines from the British Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Street in Ypres, Belgium, Western Front, WW1

Street in Ypres, Belgium, Western Front, WW1
All that remains of a street in Ypres, Belgium, after bombing on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Soldiers of Black Watch after counterattack, WW1

Soldiers of Black Watch after counterattack, WW1
Soldiers of the Black Watch having breakfast after delivering a counterattack on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British soldiers asleep in dugout bunks, WW1

British soldiers asleep in dugout bunks, WW1
British soldiers asleep in dugout bunks on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British soldiers making road through captured ground, WW1

British soldiers making road through captured ground, WW1
British soldiers making a road through captured ground on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British soldiers giving sports display, Western Front, WW1

British soldiers giving sports display, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers giving a sports display for the Duke of Connaught and others near the Western Front in France during World War One. Seen here having a pillow fight over water. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Despatch riders bike on fire, Western Front, WW1

Despatch riders bike on fire, Western Front, WW1
A motor despatch riders bike catches fire on the Western Front in France during World War One, watched by a group of soldiers. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Mascot of the Kings Royal Rifles, Western Front, WW1

Mascot of the Kings Royal Rifles, Western Front, WW1

Background imageWartime Collection: Martinpuich main street, Somme, Western Front, WW1

Martinpuich main street, Somme, Western Front, WW1
View of what is left of Martinpuich main street on the Somme, Western Front, World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Captured German naval gun, Cambrai Front, WW1

Captured German naval gun, Cambrai Front, WW1
A captured 5.9 German naval gun near Cambrai in France on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British soldiers towing captured German gun, WW1

British soldiers towing captured German gun, WW1
British soldiers towing a captured German gun along a road on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British soldier tidying grave of fallen colleague, WW1

British soldier tidying grave of fallen colleague, WW1
A British soldier tidying the grave of a fallen colleague on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: German NCO and two wounded guardsmen, WW1

German NCO and two wounded guardsmen, WW1
A German NCO and two wounded guardsmen on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British soldiers watering horses, Western Front, WW1

British soldiers watering horses, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers watering their horses on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: King George V visiting a sawmill, Western Front, WW1

King George V visiting a sawmill, Western Front, WW1
King George V visiting the sawmill of a forestry company on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Men of a Warwickshire regiment, Western Front, WW1

Men of a Warwickshire regiment, Western Front, WW1
Men of a Warwickshire regiment lying at the edge of a field with their rifles ready, on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Water for British troops via light railway, WW1

Water for British troops via light railway, WW1
Water supplies for British troops transported via a light railway on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British soldiers behind the line, Western Front, WW1

British soldiers behind the line, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers behind the line on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Harvesting scene with soldiers, Western Front, WW1

Harvesting scene with soldiers, Western Front, WW1
A harvesting scene with soldiers on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British soldiers in action on battlefield, WW1

British soldiers in action on battlefield, WW1
British soldiers in action on a battlefield on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Captured German plane, Western Front, WW1

Captured German plane, Western Front, WW1
A captured German plane on its way to a British aviation depot on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British soldiers laying a railway, Western Front, WW1

British soldiers laying a railway, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers laying a railway on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Canadian journalists visit France, Western Front, WW1

Canadian journalists visit France, Western Front, WW1

Background imageWartime Collection: Shell case used as drinking vessel, Western Front, WW1

Shell case used as drinking vessel, Western Front, WW1
Two men on a road on the Western Front in France during World War One. One of them is drinking from a shell case. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British soldiers with boarding for trenches, WW1

British soldiers with boarding for trenches, WW1
British soldiers carrying boarding for the bottom of trenches on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Sir Douglas Haig and Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito, WW1

Sir Douglas Haig and Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito, WW1
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig and Fleet Admiral Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito of the Japanese imperial family, meeting during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British soldiers camping out in ruins, Western Front, WW1

British soldiers camping out in ruins, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers camping out in the ruins of the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British airmen arming a plane with bombs, WW1

British airmen arming a plane with bombs, WW1
British airmen arming a plane with bombs, on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British guns moving up to Front, WW1

British guns moving up to Front, WW1
Large British guns moving up to the Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British soldiers outside dugout, Western Front, WW1

British soldiers outside dugout, Western Front, WW1

Background imageWartime Collection: British soldiers with pet goat, Western Front, WW1

British soldiers with pet goat, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers on a cart with a pet goat, on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British soldier writing home next to bombshell, WW1

British soldier writing home next to bombshell, WW1
A British soldier writing a letter home with an unexploded bombshell next to him, on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Captured German aeroplane, Western Front, WW1

Captured German aeroplane, Western Front, WW1
A captured German aeroplane being transported along a road on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British river hospital, Western Front, France, WW1

British river hospital, Western Front, France, WW1
A British river hospital near the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: RAF fox mascot with pilot, WW1

RAF fox mascot with pilot, WW1
The fox mascot of an RAF squadron with a pilot on the Western Front in France during World War One. Apparently the fox was fond of flying. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Black Watch with issue of rum, Western Front, WW1

Black Watch with issue of rum, Western Front, WW1
Men of the Black Watch enjoying an issue of rum on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: German prisoners after taking of Guillemont, WW1

German prisoners after taking of Guillemont, WW1
British troops watch German prisoners passing by after the taking of Guillemont, France, on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British troops on training exercise, Western Front, WW1

British troops on training exercise, Western Front, WW1
British troops on a training exercise, advancing for the attack, on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Shell crater in Flanders graveyard, Western Front, WW1

Shell crater in Flanders graveyard, Western Front, WW1
A shell crater in a graveyard in Flanders, Belgium, on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: King George V visiting France, WW1

King George V visiting France, WW1
Scottish soldiers marching past and playing bagpipes during a church parade, when King George V made a visit to the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Gordon Highlanders with barbed wire, Western Front, WW1

Gordon Highlanders with barbed wire, Western Front, WW1
Gordon Highlanders with barbed wire, about to prepare entanglements on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: King George V visiting Western Front, France, WW1

King George V visiting Western Front, France, WW1
King George V visiting the Western Front in France during World War One. Seen here leaving after a church parade. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British officers relaxing, Western Front, WW1

British officers relaxing, Western Front, WW1
Four British army officers relaxing behind the lines on the Western Front during World War One. Their chairs are made from ration boxes. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British soldiers sleeping after a long march, WW1

British soldiers sleeping after a long march, WW1
British soldiers sleeping after a long march on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British anti-aircraft guns in action, Western Front, WW1

British anti-aircraft guns in action, Western Front, WW1
British anti-aircraft guns in action, firing at German planes on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Packs turned into a shelter, Western Front, WW1

Packs turned into a shelter, Western Front, WW1
Packs belonging to members of a battalion piled up to form a shelter on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British soldiers transporting Lewis guns, WW1

British soldiers transporting Lewis guns, WW1
British soldiers transporting Lewis guns on a cart on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British troops relaxing and exercising, Western Front, WW1

British troops relaxing and exercising, Western Front, WW1
British troops relaxing and exercising near the Western Front in France during World War One, watched by a group of officers. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Aeroplane which landed on a house, France, WW1

Aeroplane which landed on a house, France, WW1

Background imageWartime Collection: RAF personnel marking German positions, WW1

RAF personnel marking German positions, WW1
RAF pilots and observers marking German positions in preparation for a raid, on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: King George V inspecting Scottish troops, WW1

King George V inspecting Scottish troops, WW1
King George V inspecting Scottish troops during a visit to the Western Front, World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: German ammunition left behind, Morval, France, WW1

German ammunition left behind, Morval, France, WW1

Background imageWartime Collection: British heavy trench mortar, Western Front, WW1

British heavy trench mortar, Western Front, WW1
A Brtish heavy trench mortar firing on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Australian gunners loading shell, Western Front, WW1

Australian gunners loading shell, Western Front, WW1
Australian gunners loading a shell into a big gun during hot weather on the Western Front, World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British soldiers with anti-aircraft gun, Western Front, WW1

British soldiers with anti-aircraft gun, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers with an anti-aircraft gun camouflaged by bales of hay at harvest time, on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Advanced water supply for British troops, WW1

Advanced water supply for British troops, WW1
An advanced water supply for British troops on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: King George V with RAF pilots, Western Front, WW1

King George V with RAF pilots, Western Front, WW1
King George V inspecting RAF pilots on the Western Front in France during World War One. General Herbert Plumer (nicknamed Old Plum) can be seen on the left. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British soldier washing clothes, Western Front, WW1

British soldier washing clothes, Western Front, WW1
A British soldier washing clothes near the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British soldiers advancing on Western Front, WW1

British soldiers advancing on Western Front, WW1
British soldiers advancing on the Western Front during World War One. They are spreading out to minimise the effects of hostile shelling. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: Railway with supplies for British troops, WW1

Railway with supplies for British troops, WW1
A railway train bringing supplies for British troops on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: British soldiers decorated with VCs, WW1

British soldiers decorated with VCs, WW1
Three British soldiers who were decorated with the Victoria Cross on the Western Front in France during World War One. They are, from left to right, Captain J. J

Background imageWartime Collection: Mr Asquith visiting the Western Front, WW1

Mr Asquith visiting the Western Front, WW1

Background imageWartime Collection: White horse waiting for his rider, Western Front, WW1

White horse waiting for his rider, Western Front, WW1
A white horse saddled and bridled, waiting for his rider on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: RAF scouting squadron, Western Front, WW1

RAF scouting squadron, Western Front, WW1
An RAF scouting squadron on an airfield on the Western Front in France during World War One. They flew low in order to shoot at the enemy. circa 1916

Background imageWartime Collection: 1940s woman

1940s woman
A woman, Dorothy Margaret Hunt (born 1924), poses by a trellis and arch in a garden wearing a typical 1940s skirt suit, with a double-breasted jacket, leather gloves and a hat a jaunty angle

Background imageWartime Collection: British infantry waiting to advance, Western Front, WW1

British infantry waiting to advance, Western Front, WW1

Background imageWartime Collection: British soldiers find bath in abandoned German dugout, WW1

British soldiers find bath in abandoned German dugout, WW1
British soldiers find a bathtub in an abandoned German dugout on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916




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