A British 18-pounder field gun battery taking up new positions close t...
A British 18-pounder field gun battery taking up new positions close to a communication trench near Boesinghe, 31 July 1917, during the Third Battle of Ypres. The Battle of Pilckem Ridge. An advanced British 18... More
A doctor tending a wounded soldier at a Regimental Aid Post set up in ...
A doctor tending a wounded soldier at a Regimental Aid Post set up in a captured German ammunition dump at Oosttaverne, near Ypres, August 1917. A doctor tends to a shoulder wound at a Regimental Aid Post set u... More
A German concrete observation post built into the ruins of a house in ...
A German concrete observation post built into the ruins of a house in the village of Tilloy-les-Mofflaines, near Arras, 10 April 1917. A German concrete observation post built into the ruins of a house in the v... More
A Mark IV (Male) tank of 'H' Battalion, 'Hyacinth', ditched in a Germa...
A Mark IV (Male) tank of 'H' Battalion, 'Hyacinth', ditched in a German trench while supporting 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment near Ribecourt during the Battle of Cambrai, 20 November 1917. A Mark IV (M... More
A raiding party from the 9th Battalion, Scottish Rifles (Cameronians),...
A raiding party from the 9th Battalion, Scottish Rifles (Cameronians), leaving a sap and making for the German lines, 11 April 1917. A raiding party from the 10th Battalion, Scottish Rifles (Cameronians) leavin... More
A team of stretcher bearers struggle through deep mud to carry a wound...
A team of stretcher bearers struggle through deep mud to carry a wounded man to safety near Boesinghe on 1 August 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres. Battle of Pilckem Ridge. Stretcher bearers struggle in mu... More
Australians Loading 9.45 inch Trench Mortar Somme 2 August 1916
Photograph of Australians loading a 9.45 inch Heavy Trench mortar, Battle of Pozieres. The gun crew have been identified, left to right, as Sergeant Daley; Albert Roy Kyle; Corporal Clift; Gunner Lear; Gunner C... More
Battle of Arras, April 1917 Q7801
Battle of Arras, April 1917 Battles of Arras. German and British wounded going to the dressing station, together. April, 1917
Battle of Cambrai, November-december 1917 Q7823
Battle of Cambrai, November-december 1917 A German howitzer captured by the 1st/7th Gordon Highlanders, 51st Division at Flesquieres in its emplacement. 24 November, 1917. (2015 Comment: This is a "21 cm Turmha... More
Battle of Passchendaele, July-november 1917 Q7821
Battle of Passchendaele, July-november 1917 Ramming home a shell in a 12-inch howitzer on railway mounting. Brielen, 3 August 1917.
Battle of Passhendaele, July-november 1917 Q7817
Battle of Passhendaele, July-november 1917 The Third Battle of Ypres. A 12inch howitzer on railway mounting about to fire. Brielen. 3 August 1917.
Battle of Passhendaele, July-november 1917 Q7818
Battle of Passhendaele, July-november 1917 A 12-inch howitzer on railway mounting of the 104th Siege Battery, R.G.A, near Salvation Corner, just north of Ypres, 3 August 1917.
Bringing up bombs near Bernafay Wood during the Battle of the Somme, J...
Bringing up bombs near Bernafay Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916. Battle of Bazentin Ridge, 14-17 July 1916. British troops bringing up bombs near Bernafay Wood.
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4606
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Saw mills on the Amiens-Albert Road and British troops transferring logs from the light railway to the skids. November 1916. (3m. west of Querrieu).
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4607
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 British soldiers working with the new saw mill and cutting the first log. Amiens-Albert road, November 1916.
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4608
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 British troops tuning up a circular saw at the saw mills on the Albert-Amiens road. November 1916.
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4609
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 British troops building a saw mill on the Albert-Amiens road. November 1916.
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4610
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 British troops erecting a mill and covering the engine first. Albert-Amiens, November 1916.
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4611
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 British troops building a saw mill on the Amiens-Albert road. November 1916.
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4612
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 British soldiers fixing the cover for the engine at a new saw mill on the Albert-Amiens road. November 1916.
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4613
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 British soldiers fitting a circular saw in a saw mill in course of erection. Albert-Amiens road, November 1916.
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4614
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 British troops laying a light railway on which logs will be brought to the new saw mill. Albert-Amiens road, November 1916.
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4615
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 British soldiers making a new saw mill and sawing up a log for boarding. Albert-Amiens Road, November 1916.
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4616
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 British soldiers cross-cutting a tree at the saw mills. Amiens-Albert road, November 1916.
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4617
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 British soldier felling a tree at the saw mills on the Albert-Amiens road. November 1916.
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4618
British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 British troops on the road from the Dressing Station. Contalmaison Chateau, December 1916.
British artillery in action, World War I
Types of ordnance. British guns - elevated position mobile mount at the front during World War I
Camouflage Techniques on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6747
Camouflage Techniques on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Painting camouflage netting the required colour at Basseux, 16th June 1918.
Camouflage Techniques on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6749
Camouflage Techniques on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Royal Engineers covering up stores with camouflage netting at Basseux, 16 June 1918.
Camouflage Techniques on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6750
Camouflage Techniques on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Making camouflage netting at Basseux, 16 June 1918.
Camouflage Techniques on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6751
Camouflage Techniques on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Making camouflage netting at Basseux, 16 June 1918.
Camouflage Techniques on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6752
Camouflage Techniques on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Making camouflage netting at Basseux, 16 June 1918.
Camouflage Techniques on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6753
Camouflage Techniques on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Making camouflage netting at Basseux, 16 June 1918.
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4551
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Ruins at Ypres, November 1916.
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4552
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 The ruined square at Ypres, November 1916.
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4553
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 The ruined Cathedral at Ypres, November 1916.
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4554
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 The ruined church at Neuve Eglise, November 1916..
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4555
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Neuve Eglise Church in ruins, November 1916.
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4869
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Ruins of the church at Frise, March 1917.
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4949
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Ruins of a water mill by the side of the River Ancre. Miraumont, March 1917.
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6207
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Ruins of the Cloth Hall at Ypres, 22 November 1916.
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6208
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Ruins of the Cloth Hall at Ypres, 22 November 1916.
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6209
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 The ruins of Ypres, 22 November 1916.
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6210
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Ruins of the Cathedral at Ypres, 22 November 1916.
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6211
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Ruins of the Cloth Hall and Cathedral at Ypres, 22 November 1916.
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6212
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Ruins of the Cloth Hall and Cathedral at Ypres, 22 November 1916.
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6213
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Ruins of the Cathedral at Ypres, 22 November 1916.
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6214
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Ruins of the eastern entrance to the Cathedral of St. Martin, Ypres. 22 November 1916.
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6215
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Ruins of a large house in Ypres, 22 November 1916.
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6216
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Ruins of the Water Tower at Ypres, 22 November 1916.
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6730
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Ruins in Ypres, 27 April 1918.
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6731
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Ruins in Arras with the cathedral visible in the background. 13 June 1918.
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6754
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Mine buildings at Calonne damaged by shell fire, 13 June 1918.
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6755
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Mine buildings at Calonne damaged by shell fire, 13 June 1918.
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6894
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 The ruined church in Albert, 6 August 1918.
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6895
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 The ruined church in Albert, 6 August 1918.
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6896
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 The ruined church in Albert, 6 August 1918.
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q6897
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 The ruined church in Albert, 6 August 1918.
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q7785
1+Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Damaged Our-Lady Church, Armentieres, November 1917. Français : Armentières (France - dép. du Nord) – Église Notre-Dame
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q7786
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Exterior of the apse of the damaged church of St. Vaast, Armentieres, November 1917.
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q7787
Destruction on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Damage to the Square, Bethune by the bombardment of November 1917. Bethune was destroyed by shelling. April-May, 1918.
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q532...
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 "The Balmorals", entertainers of the 51st Division, at Chelers, 7 May 1917.
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q532...
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 "The Balmorals", entertainers of the 51st Division, at Chelers, 7 May 1917.
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q532...
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 "The Balmorals", entertainers of the 51st Division, at Chelers, 7 May 1917.
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q532...
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 "The Balmorals", entertainers of the 51st Division, at Chelers, 7 May 1917.
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q533...
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 "The Balmorals", entertainers of the 51st Division, at Chelers, 7 May 1917.
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q533...
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 "The Balmorals", entertainers of the 51st Division, at Chelers, 7 May 1917.
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q533...
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 "The Balmorals", entertainers of the 51st Division, at Chelers, 7 May 1917.
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q533...
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 "The Balmorals", entertainers of the 51st Division, at Chelers, 7 May 1917.
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q533...
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 "The Balmorals", entertainers of the 51st Division, at Chelers, 7 May 1917.
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q722...
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 General view of "Aladdin" a pantomime written, composed, staged, produced and performed in less than a fortnight by Mr. Leslie Henson and Comp... More
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q722...
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Opening of Act II of the 'Aladdin' at Lille. Chorus of Chinese laundrymen in Widow Twankey's laundry.
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q722...
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Peter Shannon dancing during the performance of the 'Aladdin' at Lille.
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q722...
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Grand Vizier - Louis J. Seymour and So Shi, the Princess's Maid - Teddy Holton in 'Aladdin' at Lille.
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q722...
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Louis J. Seymour sings "The Happiest Christmas of All" during a performance of the 'Aladdin' at Lille.
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q722...
Entertainment in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918 A scene from the 'Alladin' at Lille. In the Widow Twankey's Laundry. Abanazar: "What is your name?". Widow Twankey: "Lady Blackpool". Abanazar:... More
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4670
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry on the Western Front, 1914-1918 From left: Miss Lillian Franklin (The Commandant), Miss Lawson, Miss Freeth, Miss D'Reynolds, Unknown, Heesman, Miss Lean, Unknown, with their mascots ... More
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4671
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry on the Western Front, 1914-1918 A group of women with the ambulances in Calais, January 1917.
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4672
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Miss Lawson and Miss Heesman with their dogs and ambulances in Calais, January 1917.
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4673
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Ambulance drivers wearing fur coats near Calais in January 1917.
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4674
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry on the Western Front, 1914-1918 A member of F.A.N.Y. oiling her car in Calais, 1917.
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4675
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Miss Franklin the Lady Commandant in Calais, January 1917.
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4676
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry on the Western Front, 1914-1918 A driver cranking up her ambulance in Calais, January 1917.
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4677
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Miss Betty Hutchinson cleaning out her car in Calais, January, 1917.
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4678
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Cooks, Miss Logan, Miss Moragaunt and Miss Lanolin, at the door of their cookhouse in Calais, January 1917.
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4680
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry on the Western Front, 1914-1918 A cook getting coal for her fire. Calais, January 1917.
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4682
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry on the Western Front, 1914-1918 C. Mordaunt, a cook of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry with her dog, Calais, January 1917.
First Aid Nursnig Yeomanry on the Western Front, 1914-1918 Q4681
First Aid Nursnig Yeomanry on the Western Front, 1914-1918 From left to right: unknown nurse, Miss Franklin (The Commandant), Miss Jonson, Miss Heesman, Miss Lean, and an unknown nurse, outside one of their hut... More
German Prisoners in the Allied Captivity, 1914-1918 Q7228
German Prisoners in the Allied Captivity, 1914-1918 German prisoners employed on repairing roads behind the line.
German Prisoners in the Allied Captivity, 1914-1918 Q7229
German Prisoners in the Allied Captivity, 1914-1918 German prisoners ready to be marched back from road repairing.
Horse jumping organised by the XIII British Corps (Ecoivres - June 20t...
Rest and Recreation in the British Army on the Western Front (1914-1918) - Q5516 Horse jumping show organised by the XIII British Corps at Ecoivres, 20 June 1917.
King George V and Queen Mary with King Albert I of Belgium and Elisabe...
The Royal Visits To the Western Front, 1914-1918 King George V and Queen Mary with King Albert I of Belgium and Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium at the Visitors Chateau, Tramecourt, 7 July 1917.
Men of the 1st Anzac Division, some wearing German Helmets, pose for t...
Men of the 1st Anzac Division, some wearing German Helmets, pose for the camera after fighting near Pozieres on 23 July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. Battle of Pozieres Ridge. Troops of the 1st Australia... More
Men of the 51st Division resting in a hastily dug trench during the Ge...
Men of the 51st Division resting in a hastily dug trench during the German spring offensiove, 10 April 1918. Men of the British 51st Division in a hastily dug trench in a ploughed field near Locon. One soldier ... More
Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Q4707
Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Troops of the 72nd Battalion (Seaforth Highlanders of Canada) halted in the snow. Bazentin, February 1917.
Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Q5109
Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Officers of the 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, at Wagonlieu just before the Battle of Arras which began 9th April 1917.
Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Q5478
Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Artillery officers at mess by the side of a communication trench, Ridgewood, 10 June 1917.
Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Q5878
Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Corporal checking shells in a light railway truck. St. Eloi, 11 August 1917.
Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Q5885
Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Army carpenter at St. Jean making crosses for war graves, 18 August 1917.
Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Q6710
Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection A man of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) cooking. Carvin, 18 June 1918.