THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE
Nationaal Archief, Collectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. (158-1721).Tanks kept in touch with the Infantry by carrier pigeons which were released and carried messages back.Het Britse Westelijk front in Frankrijk. Tanks... More
King & Queen and H.R.H. The Prince of Wales
King George V, Queen Mary and H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, taken during a visit to the Western Front in France. They are positioned in front of a large brick building with French windows. The King and Queen are ... More
Desolated Berry au Bac after four years of fighting, France
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Grave of Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt, Stereoscope Card
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Temporary homes in devastated lens, Stereoscope Card
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Destroyed steel plant - Denain, Stereoscope Card
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His last fight - "See he lies, death staring from his eyes" - somewher...
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British troops rush on despite the bursting of German shells in their ...
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Unharmed crucifix amid total ruins, Lucy-le-Bocage, France
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Camouflaged trenches in Chemin des Dames sector
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Desolate waste on Chemin des Dames battlefield, France
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Making bread for British troops, camp scene, France
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General Pershing at Paris, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library
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British troops rush on despite the bursting of German shells in their ...
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Sanitary work - disinfecting ruins with spray
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Gen. Pershing decorating officers of 89th Div., Treves
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Berry au Bac, after four years of fighting
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U.S. troop kitchen at Brest, Stereoscope Card
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A glimpse around shattered Verdun, Stereoscope Card
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Burial ground in Belleau, France, for American men who made the suprem...
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Desolate waste on Chemin des Dames battlefield, France
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Sanitary work - disinfecting ruins with spray
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British armored autos in France
Photograph shows British soldiers and cars in France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham ... More
Mme. J.J. Jusserand - Public domain portrait photograph
Photograph shows Elise Richards Jusserand, born in Paris, France to American parents, who became the wife of Jean Jules Jusserand, French ambassador to the United States during World War I. (Source: Flickr Comm... More
Victomtess De Rancoigne - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows the Vicomtesse de Rancougne, born Giselle Bunau-Varilla, who was on tour of the United States to raise wartime relief funds for Paris artists affected by World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons p... More
Neufmentier i.e., Chauconin-Neufmontiers -- French & German wounded in...
Photograph shows French and German wounded soldiers in a church, in Chauconin-Neufmontiers, France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on... More
Liege - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows Liege, Belgium which was occupied by the German army in the first weeks of World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
Clemenceau, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows French politician Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) who was Prime Minister of France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on... More
Viviani - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows Jean Raphaël Adrien René Viviani (1863-1925), who served as Prime Minister of France for the first year of World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)
French Cartoon of Reims Cathedral
Photograph shows a cartoon of Rheims Cathedral (banner reading Kultur Krupp) drawn during World War I by artist Albert Robida (1848-1926). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Title from data provided by the ... More
Lord Roberts' body leaving France
Photograph shows the coffin with the body of Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, who died in France during a visit to Indian soldiers fighting in World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
Viviani - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows Jean Raphaël Adrien René Viviani (1863-1925), who served as Prime Minister of France for the first year of World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)
Viviani - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows Jean Raphaël Adrien René Viviani (1863-1925), who served as Prime Minister of France for the first year of World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)
Albert Thomas, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Albert Thomas (1878-1932) who served as Minister of Armament for the France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the n... More
William G. Sharp - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows lawyer William Graves Sharp (1859-1922) who served as ambassador to France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
Autry in hands of Germans - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Photograph shows German soldiers in Autry, France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bai... More
Lord Roberts' body leaving France
Photograph shows the coffin with the body of Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, who died in France during a visit to Indian soldiers fighting in World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Titl... More
Corp. J. Mant in Canadian Hosp. i.e., Hospital, Le Touquet
Photograph shows nurse bandaging head of a soldier at the Canadian base hospital in the Hotel du Golf, Le Touquet, France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by t... More
Albert Thomas - Public domain photograph, glass negative
Photograph shows Albert Thomas (1878-1932) who served as Minister of Armament for the France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013)
Viviani, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows Jean Raphaël Adrien René Viviani (1863-1925), who served as Prime Minister of France for the first year of World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) Title from data provided by the Ba... More
William G. Sharp, George Grantham Bain Collection
Photograph shows lawyer William Graves Sharp (1859-1922) who served as ambassador to France during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the ne... More
Map, Amiens, France. Sheet 12 - Public domain map
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In the few spare moments when not pounding the Boche our gunners settl...
Three gunners playing a game of cards. They are using a wooden crate as a table, and are sitting outside a dugout or hideout constructed from sandbags. All three are smoking pipes or cigarettes. There is a bott... More
Een aanvallende Duitsche stormtroep aan het Somme-front.
Een aanvallende Duitsche stormtroep aan het Somme-front. Op den voorgrond een ontspringende hand(werp)granaat
British troops entering Peronne, France after evacuation by the German...
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Decorating a doll they found left by villagers in the retreat
This photograph shows a group of soldiers looking at an abandoned porcelain doll. The shoulder marks on several of their uniforms show them to be members of the Royal Field Artillery. The HD symbol painted on t... More
The Western front, World War One
New Foundland Regiment marching back to billets. After Monchy Public domain photograph of France during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fatigue party going up to the trenches through a ruined village
Soldiers moving through a ruined village, France, during World War I. Soldiers carrying equipment make their way through a ruined village. Four of the men are shouldering the weight of what looks to be lengths ... More
Horse show behind the lines. Ecoivre, France; 6/20/1917
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The British Western front during World War I
German ammunition left in a trench at St. Pierre Divion Public domain photograph of France during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
La protection des monuments de Paris pendant la Première guerre mondia...
Première Guerre mondiale (Grande Guerre, Guerre 1914-1918). La protection des monuments de Paris pendant la guerre, château de Versailles (78000). Protection des sculptures.
The Western front, World War One
Officers and Men New Foundland Regiment. All of whom received decorations and who alone held the village of Monchy against heavy counter attack
How the Germans thought they would stop the British advance
What is left of a mined roadway. It appears in the foreground as a huge crater. There is a soldier standing to the left, with a bicycle, providing us with a scale for the size of the crater. In the background t... More
American Red Cross - Groups - Lieut. Col. Homer Polk and Staff about t...
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The British Western front in France. The German offensive
British Artillery advancing through a French village. Public domain photograph of France during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The front in France, World War One
Troops billetted near a wrecked factory hanging out their washing to dry among the ruins
Entrance to a captured village, Flanders
A cart drawn by a horse and mule makes its way into a small village on the Western Front. A uniformed man sits on the horse's back, and standing at the side of the road are two further men in uniform. The road ... More
The British Western front in France
The German offensive. Howitzers in action at the corner of a wood
Artillery going through a cutting in the Canal du Nord
Some horse-drawn artillery wagons entering a cutting in the Canal du Nord, which was being built when war broke out in August 1914. ..The excavations for the Canal du Nord made a perfect defensive system, and t... More
Martha Enima VIELLE, adopted children. Address: 23 Rue de la Charite, ...
Title and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Coles. [Henri A. Coles] Date based on date range for negative series. Gift; American Na... More
Enfant adopte, Georgette Wallet, 6 yrs
Title and note information from Red Cross caption card. Group title: Adopted children. Plate in file. Date based on date range for negative series. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. General infor... More
Wood on its way up country, Flanders
Wood being transported by railway, France. A long line of railway compartments, each piled high with lumber. The track runs alongside a cobbled road. In the background there are a number of cranes. ..Sawmills w... More
Harvesting wheat in France. Near Amiens. 8-16-1918
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Mining machinery found at Carnoy and Mametz. France
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Spanish officers visit allied forces in France
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Ruined Chateau in Vermelles, France
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Destroyed linen mills at Lille, Belgium. 10-19-1918
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Maison Cléret prévient ses clients qu'elle est bien maison francaise, ...
Inscription concernant le titre - Au recto, en bas, étiquette collée sur la photographie avec une inscription tapée à la machine "Col..Lansiaux / Rep.. interdite / Maison Cléret prévient ses clients qu'elle est... More
Hero and the girl rehearsing among the ruins, Flanders
Two men in costume pose for the camera. The man on the left wears a 'Pierrot' clown outfit: a dark suit with a large white ruff. He also sports a bandana and has an eyeglass to his right eye. He appears to be w... More
One wounded man bringing in another. Aveluy Wood, France. September 19...
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British artillery advancing near Delville Wood, France
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Firing into the advancing Germans whilst holding a bridgehead, Flander...
This photograph shows two soldiers sheltering behind a bank. One is firing his rifle, while the other, a corporal, is watching. The caption suggests they were firing to stop Germans advancing over a bridge, whi... More
Demountable House constructed by Soci'ete of Friends factory at Dole
Title and note information from Red Cross caption card. Group title: Society of Friends. Plate to Secy. Genl. Print in album. Date based on date range for negative series. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944... More
The British Western front in France - the German offensive
Troops and Transport passing through a village Public domain photograph of France during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Idea of the strength of the German barbed wire at Beaucourt
Front line trenches on both sides of the Western Front were guarded by belts of barbed wire. The dilemma facing the attacking soldiers was how to cut through such barbed wire defences while under heavy machine-... More
"Feu, s'il vous plait" -- British & French at Étaples
Photograph shows British and French soldier lighting a cigarette at Étaples, France during World War I. Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Co... More
Tommy's billet, Flanders during World War I
This is a light-hearted photograph showing a group of soldiers leaning out of the windows of a ruined house. They appear to be throwing rubbish out, including a tin hat and a pile of what appear to be shell cas... More
Preparing to make a pontoon bridge, Flanders
Early stage in making a pontoon bridge, Western Front, during World War I. The first stage of making a pontoon, or temporary floating bridge. A group of soldiers are pulling a flat barge into position at the ed... More
Spanish Officers see a general view of the shell-pocked ground
Spanish officers visit the Western Front, during World War I. Six men make their way down a fairly steep but not long slope, towards a churned up, muddy stretch of land. The ground is filled with shell holes, i... More
Neuve Eglise church, Flanders during World War I
This photograph shows the church in the village of Neuve Eglise. It has been badly damaged and stands roofless and windowless. The church, which had been an earlier foundation, had been remodelled in the 18th c... More
Belgian orphans leaving Paris for country homes
Photograph shows Belgian children in Paris during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)
ARC Children's Dispensary and gerden at Corbeil. Photograph taken on o...
Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC Commission to France. Group Title: France, Dispensary, Personnel. On caption ... More
Versailles - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.
Title and note information from Red Cross caption card. Group title: Scenes in France. Date based on date range for negative series. Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952. General information about th... More
Bridge constructed by the British Engineers. Aveluy, France
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Scene in the saw mills, Flanders
Sawmill at the Front. The picture is taken from inside a shed, which is in a field close to a forest. The furthest part of the shed, also the entrance is, open to the elements. The covered part of the shed is a... More
Tommies at dinner, Flanders during World War I
This relaxed photograph is thought to have been taken by the official war photographer, John Warwick Brooke. The soldiers in this image appear a little worse for wear and are having to sit directly on the cold ... More
The Western front, World War One
Work of the W.A.A.C. in France - shows how well they march
King of Montenegro and the Commander-in-Chief inspecting the Guard of ...
Haig, as Commander-in-Chief of the British forces, walks to the left of King Nikola I Petrovic of Montenegro (1860-1918). The king, wearing a long white coat, is acknowledging the Guard of Honour who are drawn ... More
The British Western front during World War I
Ruins of Tilloy Chateau Public domain photograph - Ruins, Europe, World War One destruction, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Major General John J. Pershing immediately after landing at Boulogne, ...
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Indian Calvary near Vraignes, France. April 1917
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An old British trench- near Pricourt, France
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Q.M.A.A.C. Carpenters at work, Calais, France
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British troops entering Peronne, France
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British autos with cannon in France
Photograph shows a truck with a sign "Landsdale & Adshead, Macclesfield Brewery" which is transporting a cannon during World War I in France. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
![Belgian Reservists leaving Gare de l'Est [i.e., Gare du Nord]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTQvMDEvMDEvYmVsZ2lhbi1yZXNlcnZpc3RzLWxlYXZpbmctZ2FyZS1kZS1sZXN0LWllLWdhcmUtZHUtbm9yZC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/29/webp "Belgian Reservists leaving Gare de l'Est [i.e., Gare du Nord]")
Belgian Reservists leaving Gare de l'Est [i.e., Gare du Nord]
Photograph shows Belgian men in front of the Gare du Nord, Paris, France, at the beginning of World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)
Raiding party returning after the raid, showing barrage behind them
Six soldiers are silhouetted black against the skyline and viewed through a tangle of barbed wire. The men are running back towards the trench. One appears to be climbing over wire. They are holding their rifle... More
The front in France, World War One
Shells bursting near Thiepval Public domain photograph of France during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Some officers studying a map of newly captured ground, Flanders
Officers examining a map, Western Front, during World War I. Five officers gathered around a map. Some of the men are using shovels to sit on, as if they were shooting sticks. The cap and collar badges of three... More
How Tommy's food is cooked, Flanders
An army field kitchen at work, despite the rainy and muddy conditions. The cooking pots gathered around this field kitchen are called 'Dixie's, while the mens own metal containers were called 'bully tins. With ... More