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51450: Trench Warfare During the First World War

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posted on 2024-05-09, 12:56 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

Officers of the 12th Royal Irish Rifles wading through the mud of a fallen in communication trench, the result of a thaw after weeks of snow and frost. They had recently taken over from the French 6th Division.

History

Identifier

3490.jpg | CXTIWMPHOq10681.jpg

Subject

Allied Forces | Commemoration | Trench | Western Front

Creator

Aitken, Thomas Keith

Date

7th Februrary 1918

Date Created

07/02/1918

Spatial

Essigny, France

Source

Photograph

Medium

Photographic paper

Type

Photograph

Contributor

Jennifer Dunn

Rights

The Imperial War Museum

Collection ID

Q 10681

Repository Name

Imperial War Museum Photographic Archive

Repository Address

Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ, UK

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive