Dug Collection

A Miner Success by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
" They must ave ad some good news or somethin, Alf; you can ear em cheerin quite plain." Two British Tommies, Bill and Alf

British First Airborne dug in at Arnhem; Second World War, 1
Photograph showing a unit of the British First Airborne Division, in shallow trenches along a road side near Arnhem, September 1944

Mycenae - the Lion Gate
The Lion Gate at Mycenae. This early citadel was extensively excavated in the mid 19th century by Schliemann, who dug the Royal shaft graves, finding many treasures

The Harley-Scope Mine-Detector by William Heath Robinson
A crackpot invention dreamed up Heath Robinson, allowing a British machine to suspend a stethoscope wearing doctor over the ground, in an attempt to locate the snug dug outs of the German enemy

Where Did That One Go To? by Bruce Bairnsfather
The very first cartoon published in The Bystander by Bruce Bairnsfather (later Captain) of the 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Esther Hammerton, Sexton
ESTHER HAMMERTON Female sexton of Kingston on Thames : the work was evidently too much for her, she dug herself into an early grave aged only 35. Date: 1711 - 1746

My Dug-Out A lay of the trenches by Bruce Bairnsfather
Old Bill shows his prowess as a poet in this cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather. Date: 1915

Trafalgar Square Fountain, London, 1845
Engraving showing one of the fountains of Trafalgar Square, London, with (top left and right) a sectional view of the wells under the square, which were dug to supply the fountains

George V Visits Dug-Out
George V visiting a captured German dug-out during the First World War

Labourer Mr Idris Silman takes a break, Tredegar, Wales
Mr Idris Silman, a manual labourer, takes a short break while digging up the road in Tredegar, South Wales. He sits on the raised pavement with his shovel. The Sunday Times Date: 1988

YMCA Ypres dug out hut during WW1

WW2 Christmas Greetings Card
A WW2 Christmas greetings card containing some quite minimalistic illustrations showing various scenes of Britain's home defence, including figures experiencing the holidays during a blackout

Gravedigging
This illustration shows a man holding a pickaxe, standing in a grave that he has dug, with a gentleman at ground level facepalming at the situation. Date: 1901

PLAGUE OF LONDON 1665
Bodies are brought out of the city in carts and buried in pits dug for the purpose during the Great Plague of London Date: 1665

WW1 - German protection trenches and a Fishermans House. Date: 1916

The Sketch read at the Front, 1915
British soldiers at the Front, near the firing line at Ypres, during the First World War, reading The Sketch. Their dug-out is decorated with Sketch pictures

WW1 - British Marines in the Trenches - Defence of Antwerp. 1914

Attack on the Battery of Coconut Trees 1863
An attack on the battery of coconut trees by the Diamond and Galatea detachments. Soldiers overrun a hill surrounded by coconut trees

Trenches dug in street, Porte Maillot, Paris, France, WW1
Trenches being dug across the street at Porte Maillot, Paris, 8 September 1914, at the start of the First World War. 1914

H. L. Oakley cutting the silhouette of a fellow officer
Captain Harry Lawrence Oakley, the famous silhouette artist, pictured cutting the silhouette of a fellow officer in what looks like a dug-out during World War One. Date: 1920s

GEORGE V / WWI DUG-OUT
GEORGE V Visiting a captured German dug-out during the First World War Date: circa 1915

Father and daughter bury son (brother), British seaside
A Father and daughter bury their son/brother in the sand - British seaside scene Date: 1938

Entrance to public dug out bomb shelter in Margate, WW1
The entrance to a public dug-out in Trinity Square, Margate, Kent, designed to offer underground safety to members of the public during air raids during the First World War

Well, Heres Luck! - British trench scene
In a British dug-out, soldiers raise their glasses and wish themselves luck for the coming battle. Date: 1917

Gunners sheltering during a bombardment, 1917, Matania
With our artist on the Western Front - No II. New Series. Front cover of The Sphere featuring the first of a new set of drawings done by the magazines special artist during his latest visit to

The American Suction Tank, WW1 Heath Robinson
The American Suction Tank for drawing the enemy from his dug-out. An idea for a new form of weapon, based on a correspondents suggestion to William Heath Robinson during the First World War

Decca gramophone advertisement, WW1
An advertisement for the Decca portable gramophone, with no loose parts and ready to play directly opened. The gramophone was recommended for taking to the Front during the First World War

Cellar in Borley Rectory
Photograph of corner of the cellar in Borley Rectory where human remains were dug up. The photograph, taken on 28 March 1939, shows the aftermath of the fire of 27 February 1939. HPG/1/3/5 (xxxiii)

British soldiers in German dugouts, WW1
British soldiers in abandoned German dugouts, WW1. 1914-1918

Gallant soldiers in the thick of the fight 1916
Scots at the thick of Battle of the Somme, holding a wrecked trench and dug-out during a critical moment. Date: 1916

Shooting Box to Let Furnished
Amusing illustration showing a sign which had genuinely been hung outside a dug-out in France. A photograph of it had been sent to its former tenant, a soldier in Llandudno Red Cross Hospital

Man of 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade
Photograph, 28th Dec 1944: a man of 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade leaving dug-out in village of Niewstadt. Associated with World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945). Date: 1944

Peat stack, County Donegal, north-west Ireland
Peat stack in County Donegal, north-west Ireland, with a trench in the foreground from which the peat has been dug. Date: circa 1900s

Building / Church / Ely / 1837
The north west view of Ely Cathedral. A grave can be seen be dug in the foreground. Date: 1837

Christmas / Tree Dug Up
Lifting the tree Date: 1851

Captain tasting the mens dinner on Christmas day
Cooking the plum pudding in a German steel helmet - A Christmas Scene in a British dug-out at the front. 1916

The Domestic Side of War: Menage in Billet and Dug-Out A page from The Illustrated London News, 27 January 1917 with three drawings by A.Forestier based on eye-witness descriptions

WW1 - Firing a mortar
WW1 - Three soldiers positioned in a dug-out trench, aiming and firing a mortar at its target. Date: circa 1915

WW1 - British officers at their meal in a trench-shelter
WW1 - Three British officers having a meal in a " dug-out", trench-shelter. The underground burrowings were dug out at intervals in the trenches or in convenient places near the firing

WW1 - Russian Dukhovischensky Regiment soldiers in dug-out
WW1 - Russian Dukhovischensky (Dukhovshchina?) Regiment soldiers in dug-out Date: 1916

My Dug-Out, by Bairnsfather
My Dug-Out: A Lay of the Trenches A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, featuring his popular character, Old Bill 1915

Where to Live by Bairnsfather
Where to Live - (Advt) A mock advertisement by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather offering a dug-out in a trench for let. Date: 1915

The Weeks Fragment, by Bairnsfather
This Weeks " Fragment" Two Minds with but a Single Thought A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, featuring popular character Old Bill 1916

Baldwins knitting leaflet, WW1, winter at the front
Field & Hospital Comforts in Knitting and Crochet. Great War knitting booklet published by J & J Baldwins of Halifax featuring two British soldiers in a snowy trench on the Western Front

Illustrated War News - British soldier in captured dug-out
Front cover of The Illustrated War News featuring a photograph of a British soldier posing inside the entrance of a captured German dug-out. Date: 1916

British dug-out interior, WW1
A sketch of a dug-out billet behind the lines showing an officer comfortably curled up under the curved corrugated iron roof which forms the main structure of the dug-out

His Christmas Gift to Her by Fred Pegram, WW1
Illustration by Fred Pegram depicting a British officer in a dug-out somewhere on the Western Front, carefully crafting a ring by the light of a candle as he smokes a pipe

French officers in an underground shelter, WW1
French officers dining in an elaborately constructed underground shelter on the Western Front, somewhere in Northern France in the winter of 1915/16

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