Poilu Collection

The 155mm shell makes French soldier look small, WW1
WW1 The 155mm Shell makes French soldier (nicknamed Poilu) look small Date: circa 1916

Cartoon, French soldiers departing on leave, WW1
Cartoon by Pierre Abadie-Landel, Les Joies du Poilu (The Pleasures of the Poilu), French soldiers departing on leave, First World War. 1917

Cartoon, French soldiers relaxing on leave, WW1
Cartoon by Pierre Abadie-Landel, Les Joies du Poilu (The Pleasures of the Poilu), French soldiers relaxing on leave, First World War. 1917

Journee du Poilu. Organisee par le Parlement. A young girl in a Red Cross nurses uniform and a small boy wearing a red cap

Buying Easter presents: an entente leave-scene in Paris
On the same errand a French poilu and a British officer shopping for their loved ones. Date: 1916

French troop train in World War One at a station
A French military troop train stops at a rural station, somewhere in France, and takes on refreshments and supplies at the military station canteen. Date: 1917

French veterans listen to a WW1 soldier
A military circle in Paris. French veterans from another war listen to a First World War soldier tell them about the current conflict. Date: 1916

Gamages Xmas bazaar advertisement, WW1
An advertisement for the famous Gamages store on Holborn, London, promoting their annual Christmas bazaar. Typically for the period

Blinded French soldier learning to write, WW1
At the Rue Boileau, a poilu, blinded in the war, learns to write. 1915

British and French soldiers
A soldier of the British Expeditionary Force, having arrived in Boulogne, is watched while shaving by a French comrade. Date: August 1914

Poilu en permisson, WWII
A French soldier helps his younger sister to gather in vines, having been given special leave from the Army during harvest time. Date: 1939

WW1 - A Loyal friend - French Red Cross Dog. The word Poliu (as used on this card) was a French slang term for the Great War. Date: circa 1917

Journe du Poilu. 25 et 26 decembre 1915. Organisee par le parlement. A poilu embracing a girl. Behind them is a sewing machine, and a tipped chair; a little dog is in the left-hand corner

Journee du Poilu. 25 et 26 Decembre 1915. Organisee par le parlement. Two poilus or infantrymen. One has a rose in his mouth. Date 1915. Journee du Poilu. 25 et 26 Decembre 1915

La journee du Poilu. 25-26 decembre 1915. Avec vous et par vous, nous jurons de sauver la France. Leon Gambetta. Two French soldiers

Journee du Poilu. 31 octobre - 1er novembre 1915. Organisee

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Allied soldiers 1916
A British soldier in conversation with a French ally in a trench somewhere on the Western Front

French Infantryman
A poilu, informal term for a French infantryman, of the Somme with his rifle and pack

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