Flanders Collection (page 9)

Grave in a shell hole, Belgium, WW1
A Belgian grave in a shell hole, with a makeshift cross, Belgium, during the First World War. A human hand appears to be sticking out of the soil. Date: 20 November 1914

German cavalry on manoeuvres, Belgium, WW1
German cavalry on manoeuvres in Belgium during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Civilians fleeing their village, Oostvleteren, Belgium, WW1
Civilians fleeing their village, Oostvleteren, Belgium, after bombing during the First World War. Date: 1915

Mayor of Brussels encountering German invaders, WW1
The heroic Mayor of Brussels, Adolphe Max, together with his colleagues Steens, Jacqmain and Vauthier, refuses to shake the hand of General Von Jarotsky, leader of the German army

Belgian troops camouflaged with straw, Belgium, WW1
Belgian troops with their caps camouflaged with straw, around the time of the Battle of Haelen (Halen), Belgium, during the First World War. Date: August 1914

Memorial to first Portuguese soldier killed in action, WW1
Memorial to Antonio Goncalves Curado (1894-1917) of the 12th Company, 28th Infantry Regiment, who died in Flanders during the First World War

Brtish observation balloon near Ypres, Flanders, WW1
A British observation balloon coming to earth after a mornings work over enemy lines, near Ypres, Flanders, around the time of the Battle of Broodseinde during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

Pinnaces landing marines at Ostend, WW1
Pinnaces landing sailors at Ostend during the early part of the First World War. Civilians wave to them from above. Date: 1914

Aerial photograph of shell holes, Ypres, Belgium, WW1
Aerial photograph (British) of a large number of shell holes in the Ypres district, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 30 September 1917

Aerial photograph of a battlefield, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (French) of a battlefield on the western front in France or Belgium, described as Les Carrieres d Hauchemont (Orchimont?), during the First World War. Date: 22 June 1917

Big gun and horses near Ypres, Western Front, WW1
A big gun with gunners and horses on a muddy road north of Ypres, Belgium, on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British gun hospital in Flanders, WW1
A British gun hospital or workshop in Flanders for the repair of Howitzers, with artillerymen, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British gun repair, ordnance workshop, WW1
A British heavy gun in for repair at the gun hospital, an ordnance workshop in Flanders during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Big gun in Battle of the Lys, near Ypres, WW1
A big gun in front of a farmhouse near Ypres, Belgium, with shells ready for firing, during the Battle of the Lys, First World War. Date: April 1918

Aerial photograph of Zonnebeke, Belgium, WW1
Aerial photograph (British) of the area around Zonnebeke, including Zonnebeke Lake and Church, Belgium, on the western front during the First World War

British 9. 2 inch Howitzer, Flanders, WW1
One of the first British 9.2 inch Howitzers, nicknamed Mother, to arrive in Flanders for use during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Howitzer shells near Ypres, Belgium, WW1
A line of 15 inch Howitzer shells on the muddy ground near Ypres, Belgium, during the First World War. Written on them are painted the initials RMA [Royal Marine Artillery]

British 6 inch Howitzer, Ploegsteert Wood, Flanders, WW1
A British 6 inch (30 cwt) Howitzer of the 6th Siege Battery RGA (Royal Garrison Artillery) in action position near Hill 63, Ploegsteert Wood, Flanders, during the First World War

Heavy artillery, Battle of Menin Road, Ypres, Belgium, WW1
British heavy artillery, nicknamed Granny, with shells ready for firing, at the Battle of Menin Road, Ypres, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1917

Aerial photograph of Polygon Wood, Belgium, WW1
Aerial photograph (British) of Polygon Wood (Polygoneveld, or Bois de Polygone), near Ypres, Belgium, during the First World War

Artillery Observation Officer sets lamp, Kemmel Ridge, WW1
An Artillery Observation Officer setting his lamp to signal back to his Battery the results of firing, around the time of the Battles of Kemmel Ridge (Kemmelburg, Lys, Flanders)

General Allenby at Wytschaete 1914
British General Edmund Allenby (left) at Wytschaete (known to British troops as Whitesheet ), in Belgium, about a mile north of Messines during World War One. Date: 1914

Staden, Belgium - the Ypres Road, showing heavy bombing damage caused during WWI Date: circa 1919

Ghent, Belgium - Chateau des Comtes de Flandre (Castle of the Counts of Flanders). Date: circa 1919

Robert Van Hoeck
ROBERT VAN HOECK Flemish artist and military engineer from Antwerp, controller of fortifications for his majesty (Louis XIV ?) in Flanders. Date: 1622 - 1668

Lace Making / Flanders
Lace making in Flanders Date: 19th Century

People on the beach at Heist, Belgium
The seaside resort of Heist (Knokke-Heist), in the West Flanders area of Belgium, with a crowd of people on the beach. Date: circa 1953

Princess Adelheid of Saxe-Meiningen sending a personal note of good wishes to the Marine Division stationed at Flanders during World War One

German Marines WWI
German marines in a sea coast village in Flanders during World War I

German infantry transport WWI
German infantry moving up the front in Flanders during World War I

German Offensive in Flanders WWI
German soldiers exploring captured British trenches and elephant-back dugouts in the Ypres Salient during World War I in Belgium

Flanders 1918
Old women refugees in a farm cart near Bethune with British soldiers in Flanders on the Western Front in France during World War I in April 1918

Battle of Flanders
A British working party resting beside smashed German trenches and dugouts near Boesinghe, Belgium at the Battle of Flanders during World War I on the Western Front on 5th August 1917

Battle of Flanders
Loading a pack horse for a working party at the Battle of Flanders near Pilkem on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I in 1917

Supply train 1916
French horse drawn supply train in Flanders on the French front during World War I in 1916

Scenes from Behind the Front Line in Flanders
The pleasures of staying in a French billet after a turn in the trenches

The former capital of West Flanders damaged by German shells: A house wrecked next to the claustrum St. Martini

Caught during the battle of Flanders: Greman prisoners on the march in Southend

Uprising at Ghent - 7
The White Hood rebellion in Ghent : the insurgents attack the earl of Flanders in Dendremonde. Date: 1379

French Negotiation
Louis XI, king of France, intervenes between the people of Flanders and their ruler, since 1477 the Austrian emperor, hoping to restore order to the province

Uprising at Ghent - 6
The White Hood rebellion in Ghent : the insurgents are offered terms by Lewis, count of Flanders

Count of Flanders
Charles (of Denmark) whose mother has fled to Flanders, becomes duc de Flandre, rules wisely and benevolently but is assassinated at Bruges by discontented townsfolk

Uprising at Ghent - 10
The White Hood rebellion in Ghent : a deputation from the burghers of Ghent solicit terms from the count of Flanders

Papal Messengers
Messengers from pope Della Luna (there were several rival popes at this time) are pilloried by the people of Flanders

Uprising at Ghent - 1
The White hood uprising in Ghent : the burghers of Ghent send an embassy to the count of Flanders

Battle-ground from the air
Fighting lines in Flanders photographed by an airman, pitted with shell-holes and showing a maze of zig-zag trenches

The Belgian Royal family
King Albert of Belgium seen with his family, the Queen Elizabeth, their daughter Princess Marie Jose (left), Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (middle) and Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (right)

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