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Battlefield Collection (page 8)

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Field Marshal Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st The Duke of Wellingt

Field Marshal Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st The Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) as an old man surveying the battlefield of Waterloo, 1840 (c)Oil on canvas, after Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846)

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Advanced field ambulances, WW1

Advanced field ambulances, WW1
Advanced field ambulances near the battlefield, ready to receive wounded soldiers. Date: circa 1915

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Ninth Lancers in Great War Deeds, WW1

Ninth Lancers in Great War Deeds, WW1
The Ninth (Queens Royal) Lancers charging to recapture British guns temporarily in the hands of the Germans, a deed that won the Victoria Cross for Captain F O Grenfell

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Debris on the Western Front, WW1

Debris on the Western Front, WW1
Debris left behind on a battlefield on the Western Front, WW1. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Two pages of a book, The Somme, Michelin

Two pages of a book, The Somme, Michelin
Two pages of a book, The Somme, Volume I, The First Battle of the Somme (1916-1917), published by Michelin, 1919, dedicated to the memory of Michelin workmen and employees who lost their lives

Background imageBattlefield Collection: WW1 - Comrades in victory

WW1 - Comrades in victory
WW1 - A French and British comrade on the battlefield congratulating each other after their victory. Date: 1916

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Michelin guides to WW1 battle fields

Michelin guides to WW1 battle fields
Advertisement for Michelin travel guides, essential for a visit to First World War battlefields. Date: 1920

Background imageBattlefield Collection: WW1 cartoon, Somme Post Office

WW1 cartoon, Somme Post Office, showing business as usual with a pile of mailbags. Cartoon by H. H. Knight. Date: 1916

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Cartoon, The bad cloud, WW1

Cartoon, The bad cloud, WW1
Cartoon, The bad cloud, showing a cloud of gas billowing across the battlefield, just as the French soldiers are preparing to charge

Background imageBattlefield Collection: WWI Poster, French War Loan

WWI Poster, French War Loan
Design by Sem, French War Loan poster, October 1918. Showing soldiers on the battlefield. Date: 1918

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Belgian troops with dogs

Belgian troops with dogs
Belgian dogs once harnessed to dairy cars, being used to pull the machine-guns into position on the battlefield. Date: December 1914

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Sphere cover - artillery negotiating shell craters, Matania

Sphere cover - artillery negotiating shell craters, Matania
British artillery in difficulty among shell craters in August 1918. Shell craters were created by explosions, could easily subside and filled with water in wet weather

Background imageBattlefield Collection: King George V at the graveside of a soldier, WW1

King George V at the graveside of a soldier, WW1
King George V beside the grave of a British soldier, marked with a cross and a steel helmet, on the battlefield during a visit to the Front in 1916

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Graphic cover - periscope on the battlefield, WW1

Graphic cover - periscope on the battlefield, WW1
Front cover of The Graphic featuring a photograph of a British officer posing inside a German armoured observation post captured by the British in Flanders Date: 1917

Background imageBattlefield Collection: German troops running from a British gas attack, WW1

German troops running from a British gas attack, WW1
German troops near Fleurbaix, pictured running from a British gas attack. The attack was seen as justified by the British press because the Germans had used gas first

Background imageBattlefield Collection: British Military Poster, WW1

British Military Poster, WW1
Back Him Up. Buy War Bonds. Poster after artist Frank Brangwyn, 1917 (c). British soldier bayonetting a German. Date: 1917

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Patriotic ashtray showing a British Tommy on a battlefield

Patriotic ashtray showing a British Tommy on a battlefield, the Union Jack fluttering beside him. Commemorative Ware

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Cheer O! Christmas, 1918 Christmas card

Cheer O! Christmas, 1918 Christmas card
Cheer O! Christmas, 1918. Christmas card for Section Sanitaire No. 58. English School. Date: 1918

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Howitzers shelling German positions, WW1

Howitzers shelling German positions, WW1
Battlefield panorama showing a battery of Howitzers shelling German positions at Cambrai in 1918. By Lieutenant Douglas Sharpus Andrews, SGA, ARCA (1885-1944), Royal Garrison Artillery. 1918

Background imageBattlefield Collection: WWI tank inkwell

WWI tank inkwell
First World War tank inkwell laying on a battlefield mounted on a wooden plinth. Trench Art

Background imageBattlefield Collection: King George V examining memorials on the battlefield

King George V examining memorials on the battlefield
King George V visiting the British lines on the Western front and reading the inscription on a memorial to a fallen soldier. The Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) is in the background. Date: 1914

Background imageBattlefield Collection: A group of soldiers running across a battlefield, WW1

A group of soldiers running across a battlefield, WW1
A group of soldiers running across a battlefield, by Gunner F J Mears, BEF, Royal Garrison Artillery (d. 1929)

Background imageBattlefield Collection: The Royal Gala Performance, Paris Opera, April 1914

The Royal Gala Performance, Paris Opera, April 1914. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time

Background imageBattlefield Collection: R F A mule-teams pulling limbers over a shell torn track

R F A mule-teams pulling limbers over a shell torn track
R.F.A. mule-teams pulling limbers over a shell torn track.. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Armistice Anniversary Night, Trafalgar Square

Armistice Anniversary Night, Trafalgar Square, 11 November 1922. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Flanders 1914

Flanders 1914. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Victorious British advance at Loos

Victorious British advance at Loos
Part of one British battalion, with a strong party of bombers in advance, charged across the interveniing space between the British and the first-time German trenches. Date: 1915

Background imageBattlefield Collection: King George visiting a battlefield cemetery

King George visiting a battlefield cemetery
King George V (right) visiting a battlefield cemetery at Thiepval with Lord Byng. Date: 1917

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Partly finished battlefield road at Flanders 1917

Partly finished battlefield road at Flanders 1917
Second Battle of Flanders: Troops in the front are capturing positions and beating off counter attacks night and day. While the temporary lulls of infantry fighting between each thrust forward

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Tanks used in WW1 - a vision of Armageddon

Tanks used in WW1 - a vision of Armageddon
An apocalyptic view of a tank battle, with the vehicles depicted as a herd of steel beasts snorting across the battlefield at night. Date: 1917

Background imageBattlefield Collection: British military battlefield training 1917

British military battlefield training 1917
Gas-mask route marching near London. Every imaginable detail of battlefield training forms part of the course of instruction through which reinforcing drafts

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Royal Australian Heavy Battery, Western Front, WW1

Royal Australian Heavy Battery, Western Front, WW1
Men of the Royal Australian Heavy Battery in action on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageBattlefield Collection: British soldiers salvaging near Bapaume, WW1

British soldiers salvaging near Bapaume, WW1
British soldiers salvaging materials on a battlefield near Bapaume, France, on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageBattlefield Collection: British troops caught in shelling, Western Front, WW1

British troops caught in shelling, Western Front, WW1
British troops caught in shelling on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageBattlefield Collection: British bombarding German trenches, Western Front, WW1

British bombarding German trenches, Western Front, WW1
British troops bombarding German trenches on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Old German trench near Pozieres, Western Front, WW1

Old German trench near Pozieres, Western Front, WW1
An old German trench near Pozieres on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Battlefield near La Boisselle, Western Front, WW1

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

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Rail-mounted gun in action, Western Front, WW1

Rail-mounted gun in action, Western Front, WW1
A British rail-mounted gun in action on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageBattlefield Collection: British troops digging trench, Ovillers, Western Front, WW1

British troops digging trench, Ovillers, Western Front, WW1
Men of a Worcestershire regiment digging a communication trench near Ovillers, on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageBattlefield Collection: British trench near Ovillers, Western Front, WW1

British trench near Ovillers, Western Front, WW1
A British fire trench near Ovillers, on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. In the trench are men of a Worcestershire regiment. Date: circa 1916

Background imageBattlefield Collection: King George V touring battlefield, Western Front, WW1

King George V touring battlefield, Western Front, WW1
King George V touring a battlefield on the Western Front during World War One Date: circa 1916

Background imageBattlefield Collection: British shell bursting on German trenches, WW1

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

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Six-inch British howitzer in action, Western Front, WW1

Six-inch British howitzer in action, Western Front, WW1
A six-inch British howitzer in action in the dust and heat of the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageBattlefield Collection: British troops moving in to attack, Western Front, WW1

British troops moving in to attack, Western Front, WW1
British troops moving in to attack on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageBattlefield Collection: British soldiers clearing road through battlefield, WW1

British soldiers clearing road through battlefield, WW1
British soldiers clearing a road through a battlefield on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageBattlefield Collection: British gunners in action, Western Front, WW1

British gunners in action, Western Front, WW1
British gunners in action during the German offensive on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Clearing up a battlefield after an advance, WW1

Clearing up a battlefield after an advance, WW1
Clearing up a battlefield after an advance during World War One. Rifles are stacked into neat pyramid shapes. Date: circa 1916

Background imageBattlefield Collection: Mr Balfour on visit to Western Front, WW1

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



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