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52725: The First World War 1914-1918: The Western Front

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posted on 2024-05-09, 12:57 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

A front-line trench showing the sentry and sleeping soldiers at Ovillers-la-Boisselle on the Somme. In this photograph one man crouches on the fire-step while his comrades rest but with weapons at the ready. 'A' Company, 11th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment.

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Identifier

3596.jpg | CXTIWMPHOq3990.jpg

Subject

Somme | Trench | Western Front | Ypres

Creator

Brooke, J W

Date

Jul-16

Date Created

01/07/1916

Temporal Date

31/07/1916

Spatial

Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France

Source

Photograph

Medium

Photographic paper

Type

Photograph

Contributor

Jennifer Dunn

Rights

The Imperial War Museum

Collection ID

Q 3990

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

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    War in Context

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    Keywords

    First World War Poetry Digital ArchiveWorld War OnePhotographsSommeTrenchWestern FrontYpres

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    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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