WWI Soldiers

British soldiers with tank in trench, Ribecourt, France, WW1

Men of the 1st Leicester Regiment, 6th Division, in and around a captured German second line trench, one mile west of Ribecourt, northern France, during the Battle of Cambrai, First World War. A tank of H Battalion, with the name Hyacinth painted on its side, stalled when trying to cross the trench. Date: 20 November 1917

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Actions of the Somme Crossings 1918

Actions of the Somme Crossings, Nesle Sector. Men of the 20th British Division and of the 22nd French Division in hastily dug rifle pits covering a road at the Battle of the Somme on the Western Front in France during World War I in March 1918 Date: 25th March 1918

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Battle of Amiens WWI

Tank moving to a forward area passing German stretcher bearers bringing in wounded on the Amiens Roye Road during the Battle of Amiens at the start of the Hunded Days Offensive during World War I

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