Soldiers at rest in a dugout - World War 1(GN02007A)

A photo of soldiers resting in a dugout during World War One. Dugouts were used extensively as protection from shelling during World War I in the Western Front. They were an important part of the trench warfare as they were used as an area to rest and carry out other activities such as eating. They would usually range in size from dugouts that could hold several men to dugouts that could hold thousands of soldiers.