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Dog Guards TrenchesWith its superior senses, a dog makes a valuable guard for British soldiers in their trenches. Date: circa 1915
Lewis Gun Trenches Ww1Lewis gun in the British trenches during the First World War Date: 1914-17
Soldier filming in trench 1916Taking film in the battle fields under fire: an example of the conditions cinematograph operators had to work in during the First World War. Date: 1916
Cartoon, New Year gifts for France, WW1Cartoon, New Year gifts for France -- Peace... but only with Victory. A French soldier sees a vision on the battlefield. Date: 1916
Rus-Jap War / TrenchesRussian troops entrenched in Manchuria - with scarecrows to distract the Japanese ! Date: December 1904
Cartoon, British troops at the Front, WW1Cartoon, British troops at the Front. Rumour has it that British troops on the Western Front are living in idle luxury, leaving it to the French to do any nasty fighting that has to be done
Russian soldiers in trench on eastern front, Russia, WW1Russian soldiers in a shallow trench on the eastern front during the First World War -- a shell bursts nearby, and they duck down for cover. Date: circa 1917
Russian soldiers in action on the eastern front, Russia, WW1Russian soldiers in action in " no mans land" on the eastern front during the First World War -- a shock battalion taking German trenches
Russian troops in retreat, Eastern Front, Russia, WW1Russian troops in retreat from frontline trenches under fire from the German side on the Eastern Front, Russia, during the First World War. Date: circa 1917
Dawn in the British trenches. Infantry asleep in the trenches at dawn after fierce fighting. (Location unspecified, but would be Flanders or France.) Date: 1914
Cartoon, The little English knife, WW1Cartoon, The little English knife. A French soldier in a trench on the Western Front tells his English colleague that he is faithful to his Rosalie (the name for his bayonet)
Cartoon, Soldier returning from leave, WW1Cartoon, a French soldier returning from leave tells his colleague what it was like. At every point someone pointed to the Keep Quiet notice, although what he had said was entirely innocent
Cartoon, Between two attacks, WW1Cartoon, Between two attacks. French soldiers in a trench relax, eat, drink and play cards in a quiet moment on the Western Front. Date: 1916
Cartoon, Childhood memories, WW1Cartoon, Childhood memories. An old soldier says he feels young again, invigorated by the fresh air of the Western Front. Another man says its more to do with the lice. Date: 1916
Cartoon, The soldier back from leave, WW1Cartoon, The soldier back from leave. His colleague asks him if he told his wife all about their battles. He replies that he didn t have chance, she was talking all the time! Date: 1915
Captain tasting the mens dinner on Christmas dayCooking the plum pudding in a German steel helmet - A Christmas Scene in a British dug-out at the front. 1916
Illustrated London News Christmas Number 1914 WW1The Illustrated London News Christmas Number 1914 with an illustration by Samuel Begg showing a British soldier holding a huge, steaming Christmas pudding decorated with Allied flags and holly
Major Richardson & ambulance dogs during Melillan campaignMajor (later Lieut.Col) Edwin Hautenville Richardson with one of his trained ambulance dogs, a bloodhound, in the trenches at Melilla
Oxo advertisement, WWIAdvertisement for Oxo, an inestimable boon to the fighting forces at this time of the year. Advert is illustrated by two scenes showing British soldiers manning a machine gun on the front line
Playing the Game 1905 and 1915Cartoon contrasting a schoolboy aiming snowballs with his older self, ten years later, transferring his skills in the trenches and readying himself to show some grenades
Abandoned trench on the Western Front, WW1An abandoned trench on the Western Front, WW1. Date: 1914-1918
WW1 - Firing a mortarWW1 - Three soldiers positioned in a dug-out trench, aiming and firing a mortar at its target. Date: circa 1915
WW1 - Home on leave, Victoria Station, LondonWW1 - British officers and men arriving at Victoria on a short weekend away leave from the front line and trenches. Date: 1915
WW1 - Advancing to the front, FranceWW1 - A Highland battalion in formation, marching over a small canal, passing through a French village on their way to the trenches. Date: circa 1915
WW1 - Off to the trenchesWW1 - An illustration showing troops lined up and waiting on cobbled road in a village destroyed by war. The soldiers are packed up with their equipment and military kits
Post WW1 - Artillery tank in Prompelle Fort, 1920Post WW1 - A photograph of an out of action and turned-over WW1 artillery tank, in the derelict landscape of dug-out trenches and ruins of Prompelle Fort in 1920. Date: 1920
WW1 - British officers at their meal in a trench-shelterWW1 - 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 - Recruitment AdvertisementWW1 - " A Call from the Trenches." - The quoted extract from a letter from the trenches is used as a personal, and persuasive language tool
WW1 - North Country troop trench warfare in Polygon WoodWW1 - Out of their lairs in Polygon Wood, North Country troops bomb Hun machine-gunners. Polygon Wood is a forest located between Ypres and Zonnebeke, Belgium. Date: 1917
WW1 - French troops holding captured German trenches, 1915WW1 - French troops during their recent successful operations near Les Eparges, France. The men are seen in possession of German trenches captured after their charge
WW1 - German Prussian Guard driven back to their trenchesWW1 - The Canadian 90th Winnipeg Rifles in action after suffering heavily from the Huns gas tactics. Rushing from their trenches
WW1 - Eastern Front - Dinner for Austrian soldiers deliveredWW1 - Eastern Front - Austrian soldiers crawl to deliver rations to soldiers in shallow trenches whilst under Russian shell-fire. Date: 1915
WW1 - Trench warfare and ammunition transportation at nightWW1 - Ammuntion is brought by the regimental transport section to the dump during the night for the trenches. Working fatigue parties run carrying the boxes from the dump to the firing trenches
WW1 - Trench Warfare between Epehy and BellicourtWW1 - British Soldiers overcoming resisitance and breaking through the German line between Epehy and Bellicourt in France. Date: circa 1917
WW1 - Allied Infantry forces near Queant, FranceCanadian infantry storm and seize the entrenchments of the Wotan Line (Wotan Stellung) near Queant in France during the Hundred Days Offensive in September 1918. Date: 1918
The Three Musketeers - Canadian sharpshooters, WW1" The Three Musketeers" of Princess Patricias Own (Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry) firing from a mound with a fine view of the German first line trenches
After a meal in a British trench 1915A peaceful pipe before another spell of duty. 1915
The Irrespressibles by J. H. ThorpeXmas 1913 - and 1914, but still smiling. The irrepressible spirit of the British Tommy illustrated by J. H. Thorpe in December 1914. Date: 1914
Sphere cover - French War Dog on GuardFront cover of The Sphere magazine showing a French war dog in a trench keeping watch for enemy snipers or patrols wandering too close to the French lines. Date: 1916
Monkey mascot steals enemy flag, WW1The exploits of Bebe, the pet monkey of an Italian officer who brought back the Austrian flag from the enemy trenches, snatching it
WW1 - American Troops at the front, carrying a large pot of stew through the trenches. Date: 1918
WW1 - Waiting to attack between Ypres and MeninWW1 - British troops waiting to attack between Ypres and Menin - 30th October 1917 - note the early use of camouflage fabric covering the helmets. 1917
Early WW1 trenches in the Aisne district, October 1914Interior view of a trench constructed by the British in the Aisne district, an early example of the trench system which would come to dominate warfare on the Western Front during the First World War
WW2 - Students digging trenches - Munich crisis Date: 1938
The latest warfare, bomb thrower in action, WW1Stopping a counter attack after carrying the first line of enemy trenches. A British bomb thrower, backed up by support, hurls a bomb or grenade towards German reinforcements. Date: 1915
Major Borrett duelling a German Officer at ZillebekeThe dual between Major Borrett (2nd Btn. Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment) and the German Officer in the trenches at Zillebeke - 18th February 1915. Major Borrett was awarded the DSO
WW1 - Between Ypres and Menin - Waiting to attack - 30th October 1917 1917
WW1 - Russian soldiers brew tea - Galicia (once a small kingdom that currently straddles the border between Poland and Ukraine) - 1916 Date: 1916