War Time Collection (#24)

American soldiers on manoeuvres in France, WW1
American soldiers on manoeuvres in France during the First World War. Some of them are using communications equipment. Date: early 1918

German DFW CV biplane, WW1
A German DFW CV reconnaissance two-seater biplane with a Benz BZ4 six-cylinder engine, during the First World War. Date: 1916-1918

Austrian prisoners on the Italian front, WW1
Austrian prisoners of war on the Italian front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German Roland C. II biplane, WW1
A German Roland C.II two-seater reconnaissance biplane in use during the First World War. Seen here on an airfield, with crew. Date: 1916-1917

American soldiers in action with Hotchkiss gun, WW1
American soldiers in action with a Hotchkiss gun on the western front during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Australian Signals laying telephone cable, France, WW1
Australian Signals laying telephone cable near Eaucourt l Abbaye, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1917

Belgian cavalry passing through Sommergem, WW1
Belgian cavalry passing through Sommergem (Somerghem), East Flanders, Belgium, during the First World War. Transport of the 2nd Scots Guards can be seen on the right

American and French ammunition, France, WW1
American and French ammunition being transported to the front at the start of the Aisne-Marne Offensive in northern France, towards the end of the First World War. Date: 18 July 1918

National Amusement - The Bus Kitchen 1918
If the ministry of food carries out its latest scheme, there should be plenty of excitement in getting ones dinner from the travelling food kichens

The amphibious periscope 1915
Different ways of using a periscope in The First War World. British soldier looking through periscope in the trenches, an officer using a periscope on board a german submarine. Date: 1915

When national kichens come in bulk! 1918
National Kitchens opened in the First World War to help poor people get hot food. Date: 1918

French couple seduction sequence
A French couple in a seduction sequence. He kneels at her feet, in a begging posture, while she stands with her back to him, reading his call-up papers. (2 of 4) Date: early 20th century

Cycling with gas masks in WWII
Two French women cycle to work in Paris with gas masks slung over their shoulders in canisters. Date: 1939

Queen Elizabeth in 1939
Queen Elizabeth, later the Queen Mother, leaving the British Red Cross Society on 5th September 1939, carrying a gas mask in a canvas bag over her shoulder. Date: 5th September 1939

French and British soldiers in wartime
Two French soldiers join hands with a British soldier, " united against the barbarians". Date: early 20th century

Group photo, Dr Berrys Serbian Mission
A group photograph of Austrian prisoners and their nurses at Dr James Berrys Serbian Mission, a Red Cross Unit in Serbia during the First World War

Two soldiers and a sailor pose for their photo in a studio. They are all in uniform, and each one has a cigarette in his mouth

Land Girls Awake
Happy Land Girls stretching their arms out in their beds as they awake! Date: early 1940s

Wartime wedding in uniform
A wartime wedding, with both the bride and the groom in their respective uniforms. Date: circa 1940

England / Dorset 1940
A woman sitting at the side of the road at Parkstone, Dorset, England. Date: April 1940

Incident with an American tank, western front, WW1
An incident with an American tank on the western front during the First World War. The tank appears to be stuck in a ditch or trench. Date: 1917-1918

Patriotic French postcard, WW1
A patriotic French postcard produced during the First World War. Showing an old soldier saluting the French flag as if ready to go and fight, looked up to by a little boy

2nd Australian Division Memorial, Pozieres, France, WW1
The Second Australian Division Memorial at Pozieres, northern France, during the First World War. Date: September 1917

5th Connaught Rangers bivouac, Salonika Front, WW1
A bivouac shelter serving as Battalion Headquarters for the 5th Connaught Rangers, part of the 30th Brigade of Kosturino, on the Salonika Front during the First World War

American soldiers under cover, France, WW1
American soldiers of a Signal Corps detachment, 102nd Infantry, 26th Division, under cover before laying wire near Chateau Thierry, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 19 July 1918

British soldier chatting to local woman, Flanders, WW1
A British soldier of the Liverpool Scottish regiment, off duty and behind the lines, chats with a local woman at Dicksbusch, Flanders, during the First World War. Date: 1915

German monoplane in flight, WW1
A German monoplane in flight during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Sea battle in progress, WW1
A sea battle in progress during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Austrian troops in trench, Eastern Front, Poland, WW1
Austrian troops in a trench on the Eastern Front near Opatowice, Poland, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Serbian refugees during retreat, Macedonia, WW1
Serbian refugees during the retreat, in Macedonia during the First World War. Date: 1915

Russian infantry patrol reconnoitring, WW1
A Russian infantry patrol reconnoitring during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Scene in a ruined village, Western Front, WW1
Scene in a ruined village on the Western Front during the First World War. A soldier holds two horses. The remains of a church are piled up in the background. Date: 1914-1918

American troops at St Mihiel, France, WW1
First US Army troops with a munitions convoy at St Mihiel, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: circa 1918

British BE2C biplane in flight, WW1
A British BE2C biplane in flight during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Street scene in Baku, Armenia, WW1
A street scene in Baku, Armenia, showing the approach to the main quay. British troops had just arrived there after a long march as part of the Dunsterforce during the Armenian-Azerbaijani War

Manipur butchers near Arras, France, WW1
Allied Manipur butchers (from Burma) at work preparing meat near Arras, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 20 October 1917

Austrian prisoner of war, WW1
An Austrian prisoner of war captured during the First World War. He has two medals pinned to his jacket. Date: 1914-1918

Brtish corporal checking shell delivery, WW1
A British corporal checking a delivery of shells which have arrived by rail, on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Austro-Hungarian fleet at sea, WW1
Ships of the Austro-Hungarian fleet at sea during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Shell craters at Liege, Belgium, WW1
Three shell craters after bombardment at Liege, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Brtish troops crossing a river, Western Front, WW1
British troops crossing a river on the Western Front during the First World War. They are taking wheelbarrows across a wooden bridge. Date: 1914-1918

Training in an American army camp, France, WW1
A training exercise in an American army camp in France during the First World War. Date: early 1918

Idealised German prisoner of war camp, WW1
An artists impression of an idealised German prisoner of war camp, Munster II, during the First World War. The French artist was forced to portray a wide range of enjoyable activities

Train transporting British troops to the Western Front, WW1
A train transporting British troops to the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Austrian gunners operating 12cm trench mortar, WW1
Austro-Hungarian gunners operating a 12cm trench mortar (in firing position) during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Unidentified biplane on an airfield, WW1
An unidentified two-seater biplane on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Parachute descending, Fournes, France, WW1
A parachute descending at Fournes, northern France, during the First World War, watched by officers (probably German) on the ground. Date: August 1917

Allied soldiers on Salonika Front, WW1
Allied soldiers relaxing at the side of a tent on the Salonika Front (Salonica, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

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