WWI Soldiers Gallery

Lord Kitchener reviewing Indian Troops - WWI

Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, (1850 - 1916), a British Field Marshal, diplomat and statesman, reviewing Indian troops - World War one era. 800, 000 Indian troops fought in WW1 - nearly 48, 00 were killed or missing - 65, 000 wounded. 13, 000 medals were won with 12 VCs

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Two Serbian soldiers near Mikra, near Salonika, WW1

Two typical Serbian soldiers with their newly issued equipment, near Mikra, Kalamaria, near Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki), Greece, during the First World War. Date: April 1916

© Imperial War Museum/Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans

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Battle of Cambrai 1917

British soldiers of the 51st Division crossing a German communication trench moving forward to the attack near Ribecourt during the Battle of Cambrai on the Western Front in France during World War I in November 1917

© Mary Evans/Robert Hunt Collection

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