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Background imageBattlefields Collection: British trooper meets French woman on the road to Lille, WW1

British trooper meets French woman on the road to Lille, WW1
A poignant scene captured by the Sphere magazines special artist, Fortunino Matania showing a British trooper riding through a devastated French landscape and stopping to speak to a French woman

Background imageBattlefields Collection: Brooding Soldier - Canadian Memorial, Vancouver Corner - WWI

Brooding Soldier - Canadian Memorial, Vancouver Corner - WWI
The memorial commemorates the 18, 000 Canadian soldiers who withstood the first gas attack on April 22/24 1915 (Battle of Ypres), suffering over 2, 000 casualties

Background imageBattlefields Collection: Ypres Battlefield Markers and signs

Ypres Battlefield Markers and signs
Over the 40 years that we have been writing about these battlefields, there has been many attempts to signpost the places of interest

Background imageBattlefields Collection: Lockheed EC-130E Hercules 62-1818

Lockheed EC-130E Hercules 62-1818
United States Air Force (USAF) - Lockheed EC-130E Hercules 62-1818 (msn 382-3780)ELiNT gatherer, used for snooping near hostile country borders and battlefields

Background imageBattlefields Collection: Reconstructed CWGC Cemetery, Colne Valley, Ypres

Reconstructed CWGC Cemetery, Colne Valley, Ypres
The Cemetery faces a feature known as Colne Valley. It is on one of the marked walking routes around the Ypres battlefields

Background imageBattlefields Collection: The Trenches of Death Museum by the River Izjer, Dixmuide

The Trenches of Death Museum by the River Izjer, Dixmuide
The Trenches of Death formed a Belgian defensive line along the west bank of the River Izjer which was pivotal in preventing the Germans breaking through to the Channel Ports

Background imageBattlefields Collection: Ypres battlefields Entry Point North, Klein Zwaanhof

Ypres battlefields Entry Point North, Klein Zwaanhof
The Ypres battlefield has been divided into three areas, each with walking and cycling routes, and each featuring a particular aspect of the land

Background imageBattlefields Collection: Ypres battlefields Entry Point South, Palingbeek

Ypres battlefields Entry Point South, Palingbeek
Three Entry Points (North, East and South) to walking tours covering many points of interest in the Salient were created for the 100th Anniversaries, each with an unmanned Information Centre

Background imageBattlefields Collection: Battlefields pilgrimage 1928, pilgrims at Vimy

Battlefields pilgrimage 1928, pilgrims at Vimy
A group of Home Counties pilgrims on the steps of the Canadian Memorial at Vimy, listening to a War Graves Commission guide describing the fighting

Background imageBattlefields Collection: Lady Haig with Scottish Pilgrims in Cambrai, northern France

Lady Haig with Scottish Pilgrims in Cambrai, northern France
Lady Haig (The Countess Haig of Bemersyde) leading Scottish participants in the Battlefields Pilgrimage through Cambrai, northern France

Background imageBattlefields Collection: Battlefields Pilgrims at Vimy Ridge, northern France

Battlefields Pilgrims at Vimy Ridge, northern France
Battlefields Pilgrims from the North-Western party inspecting the trenches on Vimy Ridge in northern France. The pilgrimage of 11

Background imageBattlefields Collection: Battlefields Pilgrims in northern France

Battlefields Pilgrims in northern France
Battlefields Pilgrims in France -- a company of blind men from St Dunstans (B5 Party). The pilgrimage of 11, 000 people to France and Flanders was organised by the British Legion

Background imageBattlefields Collection: Battlefields Pilgrims at Vimy, northern France

Battlefields Pilgrims at Vimy, northern France
Battlefields Pilgrims (a section of Party B from the Home Counties) with their French soldier hosts in Vimy, northern France

Background imageBattlefields Collection: British Legion Womens Section, Battlefields Pilgrims

British Legion Womens Section, Battlefields Pilgrims
British Legion Womens Section leaders taking part in the Battlefields Pilgrimage -- Lady Edward Spencer Churchill OBE, Chairman of the Womens Section, and Dame Florence Simpson DBE

Background imageBattlefields Collection: Battlefields Pilgrims in Newfoundland Memorial Park, France

Battlefields Pilgrims in Newfoundland Memorial Park, France
Battlefields Pilgrims in Newfoundland Memorial Park, Beaumont Hamel, Somme, northern France, looking at a treasure trove of war relics

Background imageBattlefields Collection: Battlefields Pilgrims climbing Vimy Ridge, France

Battlefields Pilgrims climbing Vimy Ridge, France
Battlefields Pilgrims climbing Vimy Ridge in northern France. The pilgrimage of 11, 000 people to France and Flanders was organised by the British Legion and attended by the Prince of Wales

Background imageBattlefields Collection: Farmers in France cultivating the ground after World War One were finding unexploded

Farmers in France cultivating the ground after World War One were finding unexploded projectiles. In this drawing you can see a operator with a telephone receiver (microphone)

Background imageBattlefields Collection: WW1 - Aerial View of the Dardanelles Battlefields, Turkey

WW1 - Aerial View of the Dardanelles Battlefields, Turkey
WW1 - Aerial View of the Dardanelles Battlefield theatre, Turkey on 18th March 1915. 1915

Background imageBattlefields Collection: Vertical Aerial Photograph of Front-Line Trenches Aerial?

Vertical Aerial Photograph of Front-Line Trenches Aerial?
Vertical Aerial Photograph of Front-Line Trenches Aerial-Photography During WW1 Date: 1910s

Background imageBattlefields Collection: Tethered Observation Kite Balloon During WW1 Aerial-Phot?

Tethered Observation Kite Balloon During WW1 Aerial-Phot?
Tethered Observation Kite Balloon During WW1 Aerial-Photography Date: 1910s

Background imageBattlefields Collection: Courcelette Cemetery - Somme Battlefield

Courcelette Cemetery - Somme Battlefield Date: 22-Sep-10

Background imageBattlefields Collection: WW1 - No Mans Land as seen in 1920

WW1 - No Mans Land as seen in 1920 Date: 1920

Background imageBattlefields Collection: Three books, The Somme, Lille, Amiens

Three books, The Somme, Lille, Amiens
Three books, The Somme, Lille and Amiens, published by Michelin, 1919, dedicated to the memory of Michelin workmen and employees who lost their lives

Background imageBattlefields Collection: Poppy field and grave of unknown soldier

Poppy field and grave of unknown soldier
Wild flowers, including numerous poppies, growing over a ravaged battlefield in France with a solitary wooden cross marking the grave of an unknown soldier. The picture, by Captain E. H

Background imageBattlefields Collection: Group visiting the battlefields in a motor caravan, 1920

Group visiting the battlefields in a motor caravan, 1920
A group visiting the WW1 battlefields of France and Flanders in 1920 - Lady Victoria Wemyss, Lady Charles Bentinck, the Comtesse Baillet-Latour and Major Baker-Ker

Background imageBattlefields Collection: Attack on Logeast Wood, appropriate the battalions trophies

Attack on Logeast Wood, appropriate the battalions trophies
During the advance on the Western Front there was a race amoung men near a captured enemy gun for the honour of making upon it the name of the battalion to which it fell. Date: 1918

Background imageBattlefields 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 imageBattlefields Collection: Title page, The Somme, Michelin

Title page, The Somme, Michelin
Title page, 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 imageBattlefields Collection: Book cover, The Somme, Michelin

Book cover, The Somme, Michelin
Book cover, 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 imageBattlefields 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 imageBattlefields 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 imageBattlefields 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


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