Ancre Collection

Ancre swamps 1916
Royal Engineers bridge the Ancre Swamps at Aveluy during the latter stages of the Battle of the Somme. To the left, an engine crosses a light railway bridge

Battle of the Ancre, Prisoners taken in Beaumont Hamel by the 51st Division, 13th November 1916

WW1 Battle of the Ancre - German prisoners taken in Beaumont Hamel by the 51st Division - 13th November 1916

German barbed wire, Western Front, France, WW1
German barbed wire at Beaucourt sur Ancre on the Western Front in France during World War One. It would have to be broken up before the British artillery could advance. Date: circa 1916

Triumphant return of a tank. Introducing the Tanks to Londoners. The film The Battle of the Ancre as seen at the Scala Theatre, London

Introducing Tanks to Londoners - Film of Battle of Ancre
" The Battle of the Ancre and the Advance of the Tanks" - an official film shown at the Scala Theatre, London. Seen by an estimated 250

WWI News Vendors Stand Poster
Daily Sketch newspaper -- Mr T (Tommy) Atkins, Ancre Ville (Ancreville), WW1 News Vendors stand poster. Showing a group of British soldiers occupying a French house on the Somme, northern France

Christmas Card - 7th Division 1917
Christmas Card. Xmas Greetings 7th Division 1917. Ypres, Neuve Chapelle, Festubert, Givenchy, Loos, The Somme, The Ancre, ɣ oust-Croissilles, Bullecourt, Passchendaele Ridge.. Commemorative Art

Company awaiting relief - The Caterpillar, Villes-sur-Ancre
Company awaiting relief. The Caterpillar, Villes-sur-Ancre, 1918, by Lieutenant W (Will) H Dyson (1880-1938), Australian Imperial Force

Ruined factory at Serre, Western Front, WW1
A ruined sugar factory in Serre near Ancre on the Western Front in France during World World War One. Date: circa 1917

Ruined mill at Beaucourt sur Ancre, France, WW1
View of the ruined mill at Beaucourt sur Ancre on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

German prisoners captured at Ancre, France, WW1
German prisoners of war captured by the 39th Division at St Pierre Divion during the Battle of the Ancre (13 November 1916), northern France, during the First World War. Date: November 1916

Ruins of Serre 1917
A ruined sugar factory in Serre near Ancre on the British Front in France during World War I in 1917

Operation Ancre 1917
Wreckage in Serre after operation Ancre on the British Front in France during World War I in March 1917

Ruined Village 1917
Ruins of the village of Serre near Ancre in France on the British front during World War I in 1917

Ancre 1917
Dug-outs near Authuille on the Ancre in France on the British front during World War I in March 1917

Operations on the Ancre 1917
Working party of the Manchester Regiment moving up to the trenches near Serre in France on the British front during World War I in March 1917

Bones 1916
Skulls and bones litter the Ancre Valley battlefield

Ancre Valley 1916
A panoramic view of the Ancre Valley, seen from near Hamel, looking towards Miramount

Field kitchen 1916
British troops receiving hot dinner rations from a field kitchen in the Ancre area of the Somme. Hot food was not supplied to front line British troops until late in 1915

Destroyed Railway at Ancre; First World War, 1916
Photograph showing a section of German railway destroyed by British high explosive artillery shells during fighting on the Western Front at Ancre, 1916

Marshland on the Western Front; First World War, 1916
Photograph showing a section of the Western Front, near Ancre, after heavy fighting had turned the area into a muddy swamp, 1916. Stumps of trees, destroyed by shelling, stand on the left of the image

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