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53606: General Scenes on the Western Front During the First World War

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

Two British soldiers stand in a wrecked German trench at Ginchy. The trench appears to run between two rows of trees, which have been devastated by shellfire. Both soldiers are wearing steel helmets.

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Identifier

3609.jpg | CXTIWMPHOq4338.jpg

Subject

Allied Forces | Commemoration | Somme | Trench | Western Front

Creator

Brooke, J W

Date

Sep-16

Date Created

01/09/1916

Temporal Date

30/09/1916

Spatial

Ginchy, France

Source

Photograph

Medium

Photographic paper

Type

Photograph

Contributor

Jennifer Dunn

Rights

The Imperial War Museum

Collection ID

Q 4338

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