Within 100 yards of Thiepval Village, Flanders
Two soldiers with their backs to the camera, are leaning up against the incline of the trench. The bottom of the trench is quite narrow and their equipment is lying to hand. They are peering over the top of the... More
Old Frenchwoman in Amiens evacuating her house leaving her pet canary ...
Evacuee from Amiens giving her canary to a British soldier, in France, during World War I. A Frenchwoman - wearing a French military helmet - hands over her pet canary to a British soldier for safekeeping, duri... More
Artillery stripped trees and a signboard pointing the way for pack tra...
The photographer has managed to produce, with careful use of composition and light, this startling and memorable image. The otherworldliness of this ravaged landscape, shrouded in clouds of dust or smoke, leave... More
Cleaning up German trenches at St. Pierre Divion, Flanders
In the foreground a group of British soldiers are sorting through equipment abandoned in the trenches by the Germans when St Pierre Divion was captured. One soldier has three rifles slung on his shoulder, anoth... More
Navvy battalion at work round the Virgin of Montauban, Flanders
Destruction at the village of Montaubau, France. About thirty men stand on the mound of rubble, grouped around the statue of the Virgin Mary. Poignantly, the statue has been hit in the shoulder by a bullet. It ... More
Bringing in wounded Canadians on a truck from the battle of Courcelett...
Wounded Canadians returning from the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, France, 1916. Seven soldiers surround a hand-pushed platform which runs on railway lines. A wounded soldier is balanced on the front and appears... More
Man on the right remembers this place of barbed wire entanglement when...
Three soldiers standing around a barbed wire entanglement, France. Two of the men are pointing at the barbed wire. They are both heavily laden down with equipment. A third man, wearing a long overcoat and steel... More
Prisoners rolling in from Les Boefs on the 25th September showing a ta...
German prisoners march down the road towards the photographer, probably John Warwick Brooke. Some of the Germans are wounded and are being helped by their comrades. They are led by a British soldier with his ri... More
Group of French 'Tommies' come straight out of the trenches to receive...
French soldiers stand in a relaxed group wearing medals. The medals appear to be the Military Medal, established on 25th March, 1916, for acts of bravery. They have probably been awarded for their part in the B... More
German field gun in Mametz Wood, Flanders
An abandoned field gun in Mametz Wood, France, during World War I. This image shows an abandoned field gun in Mametz Wood, France. According to the photograph's original caption it is a German gun. It is surrou... More
View in Beaumont Hamel, Flanders
The remains of the French village, Beaumont-Hamel...Beaumont-Hamel and the surrounding area, due to its proximity to the Front, was the scene of much fighting throughout the war. On 1 July 1916 a large mine was... More
All that remains of Moquet farm
A bleak and desolate landscape. According to the photograph's original caption Moquet Farm used to stand here. Moquet Farm is near Pozires, France. There is nothing remaining to indicate that a farm once stood ... More
German army in WWI - Resting in their cage
German prisoners after the capture of St Pierre Divion, France, November, 1916. German prisoners are held in a barbed wire enclosure. Some are standing, others are sitting on the ground, resting. Several of the... More
Mr. Massey at La Boisselle during World War I
Mr Massey, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, talking to a high ranking military official. According to the existing caption he is visiting La Boiselle, France. La Boiselle is best known for the huge crater, st... More
Once Contalmaison Chateau during World War I
This image is a little difficult to understand, but upon closer inspection it appears that this tiny molehill of debris was once a grand and quite large chateau building. The lower storey windows can just be ma... More
Boche prisoner, wounded and muddy, coming in on the 13th
A British soldier is helping a wounded German prisoner walk along a railway track away from a bridge. A man, possibly in French military uniform, is shown behind them, holding a camera and tripod. ..The derogat... More
Mine crater which was blown up on the 1st July at Beaumont Hamel
A mine crater at Beaumont-Hamel, France. In the foreground the shadow of the photographer is visible...It was the explosion of a large mine close to the German line at Beaumont-Hamel that marked the beginning o... More
King watching the Battle of Pozieres from captured German trenches
HRH King George V of Britain (1865-1936) watching the Battle of Pozieres through a telescope. Other officers stand around watching through field glasses. This photograph is likely to have been taken between 23 ... More
Army Commander explaining the capture of Thiepval to H.M. from the top...
King George V sitting next to an army commander, Thiepval, France, during World War I. King George V is sitting on the site where Thiepval Chateau once stood. The army commander to his right is pointing into th... More
View of the Chateau at Gommecourt
Ruins of Gommecourt Chateau, France, during World War I. This image was taken looking up at the horizon and as a result the shapes are all silhouetted. There are two broken tree stumps and a section of gable wa... More
Prince Arthur of Connaught decorating a French sergeant
Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883-1938) is decorating a French sergeant. General Emile Fayolle (1852-1928), commander of the French 6th Army in the Battle of the Somme, is standing to one side. This is probably ... More
Boche Colonel, a Major and an Adjutant captured near St. Pierre Divion
This is a posed shot of four German prisoners, three seated on a bank beside a road, the fourth standing beside them. Three of the prisoners are smoking. Just behind the prisoners a camera tripod is visible, wi... More
View of Mamets, of Somme Fame, Flanders
Three soldiers are standing on a wide and dusty road bordered on both sides by scrub. To the right of the road, close to where the men are standing, there appears to be a memorial or monument in the shape of a ... More
Prince Arthur of Connaught decorating a French General
Prince Arthur of Connaught ( 1883-1938) is pinning a medal on a French General. The commander of the French 6th Army at the Somme, General Emile Fayolle (1852-1928) is just visible behind the prince. This event... More
One of our Tanks at Flers, Flanders
A tank is surrounded by infantrymen at Flers in France. The manner in which the soldiers are gathered together around the tank and looking directly at the camera, suggests that this could be a staged photograph... More
Corner of the great heap of bombs and stores let by the Germans when t...
This photograph, probably taken by John Warwick Brooke shows a pile of helmets, bombs and ammunition stores abandoned by the German forces when the Allies captured St Pierre Divion on 13th November, 1916. After... More
Artillerymen outside dugouts, Flanders
This photograph shows a group of soldiers standing in the entrance to a dugout. Other men are outside, standing beside a washing line with towels on it. A pot is steaming on a brazier made of a tin drum. The ca... More
Few of our many prisoners taken in Beaumont Hamel, Flanders
The photographer has photographed lines of German prisoners standing in a barbed wire enclosure beside a railway track. One batch is being marched out down the track. The scene appears relaxed, one of the Briti... More
Mr. Massey and his party on the lip of a huge mine crater
Taken from the bottom of a huge crater, the photographer has pointed his camera skyward and captured Mr Massey, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, and his entourage standing at the edge of the crater looking do... More
German field gun captured by Canadians at Courcelette
A large gun lies diagonally across the picture and a soldier stands/leans on the gun wearing a triumphant expression. The trench is a scene of devastation with uprooted trees and branches and helmets strewn aro... More
Counting the prisoners as they come in from Beaumont Hamel
A line of German prisoners walk up a slope into a barbed wire enclosure. British soldiers from several regiments watch. One is counting and listing numbers on a paper held against his knee. A soldier with a rif... More
Ruined church at Courcelette during World War I
Destroyed church at Courcelette, France, 1916. The scene is one of destruction and obliteration. In the middle of a picture, which is dominated by mounds of building rubble, remain two damaged walls. The centra... More