Trenches Collection (page 13)

British troops waiting to advance, Western Front, WW1
British troops in a shallow trench, waiting to advance on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

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

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

British officers dining in trench, Western Front, WW1
British officers dining in a reserve trench on the Western Front before moving up the line during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Gordon Highlanders playing cards, WW1
Gordon Highlanders playing cards in a reserve trench before moving up the line on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

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

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 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

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

British war correspondents in trench, Western Front, WW1
British war correspondents in a trench, watching an aerial combat, on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

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

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

British soldier in trench with signal rockets, WW1
A British soldier in a trench on the Western Front in France during World War One, with rockets used for signalling. Date: circa 1916

Gordon Highlanders in trench, Western Front, WW1
Gordon Highlanders cutting up rations in a reserve trench before moving up to the front line on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Ben Tillett looking at a German trench, Western Front, WW1
Ben Tillett, socialist politician and trade union leader, looking at an abandoned German trench in wintry weather on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Soldiers taking nap in a trench, Western Front, WW1
Two British soldiers taking a nap in a trench on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British troops digging trenches, Western Front, WW1
British troops digging trenches in a hop field on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers heading for the trenches, WW1
British soldiers heading for the trenches on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

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

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

British Reserves on the Western Front, WW1
Supporting British troops move up to join the attack, near Ginchy during the Battle of Morval, 25th - 28th September 1916, part of the Battle of the Somme

Struggle for the Dunes by G. Bron and G. H. Davis
The struggle for the Dunes: how the navy helped in the fighting on the Belgian coast. Left: the newly-acquired monitors, Severn, Humber and Mersey, firing on the German trenches

The aeroplane in warfare by G. H. Davis
The aeroplane in warfare: aeroplanes used for finding the range of the enemys entrenchments. Left: a fire bomb, attached to a parachute, dropped from a Taube monoplane

From khaki to goatskin
Due to the harsh winter conditions the British soldiers had to change from their khaki uniform to warm goatskin overcoats, woollen hats and new rubber boots. Date: 1915

Mons 1914
Nighttime on the battlefield at Mons on 23 August. German searchlights seek out movement on the British lines, in order to guide their artillerys fire

The Gasper front cover, World War I
Front cover of The Gasper, a trench newspaper during the Great War for the 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st Royal Fusiliers, with a humorous cartoon on the cover showing a Scottish soldier peering through

Repulsing a frontal attack, WWI by Cyrus Cuneo
British soldiers, armed with rifles and bayonets, scrambling over the top during an enemy attack. Date: 1916

Mealtime in British reserve trench, Western Front, WW1
Mealtime in a British reserve trench on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Lord Reading jumps over trench, Western Front, WW1
Lord Reading, British Lord Chief Justice, jumping over a trench during a visit to the Western Front in France, World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers asleep in dugout bunks, WW1
British soldiers asleep in dugout bunks on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Seaforth regiment near Martinpuich, Western Front, WW1
Men of the Seaforth regiment holding a front line trench on the Western Front near Martinpuich, France, during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers with boarding for trenches, WW1
British soldiers carrying boarding for the bottom of trenches on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British infantry waiting to advance, Western Front, WW1
British infantry waiting to advance on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Smashed up German trench at Morval, Somme, WW1
A smashed up German trench at Morval on the Somme, 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

Austrian front line, Monte Pasubio, Italy, WW1
Scene on the Austrian front line at Monte Pasubio, north east Italy, during the First World War. Date: 1917

Russo-Japanese War, Trench Warfare
British and French soldiers waiting for the enemy in the open North of Courville at the Third Battle of the Aisne on the Western Front in France during World War I on 29th May 1918

Russo-Turkish War, Siege Mortar + Crew
A Russian Mortar (siege weapon) and its crew during the Russo-Turkish war (April 24, 1877 March 3, 1878). Date: circa 1877

Russo-Turkish, Trench Warfare
Russian Troops fire bayonettes from trenches during the Russo-Turkish war (April 24, 1877 March 3, 1878). Date: circa 1877

First Aid Nursing Corps in the trenches, 1915
A scene in France showing members of the First-Aid Nurses Corps bringing relief to a sufferer in the trenches. Date: 1915

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

The Whip Hand, by Bairnsfather
The Whip Hand Private Mulligatawny (the Australian stock-whip wonder) frequently causes a lot of bother in the enemys trenches Bruce Bairnsfathers " stock whip" cartoon sums up

A football match played by troops during the battle of the A
" Our Happy Tommies" A typical upbeat choice of subject for The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, Sutcliffes illustration

French soldiers in trench, Vailly, France, WW1
French soldiers in a trench near Vailly-sur-Aisne, northern France, during the First World War. Painted by a member of the French Foreign Legion. Date: March 1915

American soldiers with clothing, Frapelle, France, WW1
American soldiers in a trench, alongside the clothing of men affected by mustard gas, at Frapelle, France, during the First World War. Date: 20 August 1918

The over-enthusiasm of some sportsmen in the trenches
" Libellous? - With a sporting battalion at the front: Highly imaginative drawings" The over-enthusiasm of Harry Lows sporting battalion certainly raises a smile

Lighting the fuse of a battery of four crapouillots 1915
French infantry bombardiers about to fire their home-made trench mortars under the watchful eye of the captain of the company. 1915

Russian trenches on the French Front
A Russian General making a tour of inspection of Russian trench in France. Date: 1916

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