Barbed Collection (page 3)

British lookout soldier in trench, Western Front, WW1
A British soldier on lookout duties in a trench on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Battlefield near La Boisselle, Western Front, WW1
A battlefield and trench near the village of La Boisselle on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British shell bursting on German trenches, WW1
A British shell bursting on German trenches on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

American soldiers with machine gun, Western Front, WW1
American soldiers with a machine gun behind barbed wire on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Mr Balfour on visit to captured village, Western Front, WW1
Arthur James Balfour on a visit to a captured village on the Western Front during World War One. He served as British Foreign Secretary from 1916 to 1919. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers digging a trench, WW1
British soldiers digging a trench on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Shell bursting on front line trench, Western Front, WW1
A shell bursting on a front line trench on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British tank in action, Western Front, France, WW1
A British tank in action on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

German soldiers digging a trench, WW1
Artists impression of German soldiers digging and fortifying a trench at night, somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War. The soldier in the foreground is lighting a cigarette

German soldier in a trench, WW1
Artists impression of a German soldier in a trench, with a fence of barbed wire, in a mountainous area during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Factory with coiled wire - WW1
A factory with newly manufactured wire standing in coils on the floor. Possibly the basis for barbed wire detined for the Western Front - WW1 Date: circa 1915

Sandbags and barbed wire, India. Date: 1918

Watercolour scene with beach and observation post
A watercolour scene showing a beach with an observation post built on stilts. A woman in a swimming costume sits on a rock looking out to sea

British soldiers WWII
British 2nd Army moving on the Western Front in Belgium during World War II Date: January 1940

Pioneers Memorial, Gundagal New South Wales, Australia
Pioneers Memorial, Gundagal, New South Wales, Australia. Date: circa 1930s

American attack on the German Front line - France - WW1 Date: circa 1917

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Sandcastle with lack of barbed wire
Winston Churchill: " This is a time for everyone to stand together and hold firm!". Lady in deckchair watching her son build a sandcastle in a garden sandpit: " There

WW1 - Whippet Tanks crash through enemy German wire - Western Front Date: circa 1917

Bolshevik prisoner at Izmit, Turkey Date: circa 1920s

Barbed points from Star Carr
A collection of 21 Bareb points made of Raindeer Antler from Star Carr a Mesolithic settlement in Yorkshire

Wartime Lifeboat Crew after a dramatic rescue, Walton
Eight members of the lifeboat crew at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, pictured on the day they rescued three men from the barge Martha

American tanks in action, western front, WW1
American tanks in action on the western front during the First World War. Date: 1918

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

Wounded German prisoners of war, WW1
Wounded German prisoners of war captured by the British on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Russian infantry, Brusilov Offensive, Volhynia, WW1
Russian infantry pick their way through barbed wire as they advance under fire during the Brusilov Offensive at Volhynia (Wolhynien)

Fort no. 3 near Liaoyuan on Russian-Chinese border
Russian Fort no. 3 near Liaoyuan (Liao-yuan, Shuangliao) in north east China on the Russian-Chinese border. Date: early 20th century

American soldiers going into action, France, WW1
American soldiers going into action near Badonviller, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: 17 March 1918

German prisoners of war, Somme Offensive, WW1
German prisoners of war captured during the Somme Offensive in northern France, First World War. Date: July 1916

American tanks under fire, western front, WW1
American tanks under heavy fire on the western front during the First World War. Date: October 1918

Poster seeking donations for Prisoners of War

Arthur Balfour in France

General Petain visiting the Marne, France, during WW1
General Philippe Petain (1856-1951), French army officer, seen here (centre) on a visit to the Marne, northern France, during the First World War. circa 1914-1918

Country scene with trees and fields
A country scene with trees and fields

Border between Poland and Russia
British macabre sense of humour on a Christmas card.... The Road to Russia The bleak landscape at the border between Poland and Russia

Our gallant allies of the far east in action
Japanese forces in action in Kiao-Chau against the Germans. Date: 1915

World War One humorous postcard by George Ranstead
Humorous illustration on a postcard by George Ranstead, an amateur artist of the Great War who served in the Army Pay Corps and produced a large number of hand drawn postcards during the period

Camber Sands Holiday Park
An unusual, unflattering, and slightly humorous view of Camber Sands Holiday Park in East Sussex, England, photographed through the barbed wire fencing

Policeman on a bus
A policeman sitting alongside the driver on a London bus

Tank breaking through barbed wire barricade
An armoured tank breaking through a barbed wire barricade on a battlefield during the First World War

Carts meeting on a bridge, Middle East
A horse and cart and a mule and cart approaching each other on a bridge, somewhere in the Middle East

Intemperance / W H Robinson
Barbed wire surrounding a public house - a sure way to discourage intemperance. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture

Sketches While You Wait by George Ranstead
Original pen and ink drawing on a postcard showing a humorous scene from the trenches. A pleasant looking British Tommy, possibly George Ranstead, the artist

Officers WWI
French and American officers cutting barbed wire near Badonviller during World War I

Communications trench WWI
Placing barbed wire over a communications trench on the Oise during World War I

A Pond in a woodland setting
A pond at the edge of woodland near Chiselhampden, Oxford. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

British internment camp WWII
Enemy aliens internment camp in a Northern British town during World War II, a view from outside the compound. The camp is a new Northern Town housing estate which has been totally surrounded by

Thiepval 1916
Men of the Wiltshire Regiment advance through barbed wire to attack at Thiepval

Battles of Arras 1917
Part of the barbed wire entanglement in front of the Hindenburg Line during the Battle of Arras on the Western Front in France during World War I in May 1917

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