Showing posts with label british soldiers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label british soldiers. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Saturday, April 14, 2018

Portrait of a Group of German Soldiers Posing With Three Sitting Allied Prisoners of War Somewhere in Germany During World War 1 (1910's)


Portrait of a group of German soldiers posing with three sitting Allied prisoners of war somewhere in Germany during World War 1. One of the prisoners is identified as Private P. Robertson who served with the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Source: Wellcome Images.

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

A British Machine Gun Platoon Guarding a Road Possibly During a Training Exercise During World War 1 (1910's)


A British machine gun platoon guarding a road possibly during training exercise during World War 1. By Paul Thompson. From the book The World War a History of the Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the Events Culminating in the Great Conflict published in 1915.

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

British Soldiers in and Around a Trench During the Battle of Arras in France (1917)


British soldiers in and around a trench during the Battle of Arras in France, 1917. Smoke from artillery shell explosions can be seen in the distance.

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Thursday, February 12, 2015

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

The Band of the Grenadier Guards at Curragh Camp in County Kildare, Ireland (1861)


The band of the Grenadier Guards, a British Army infantry regiment at Curragh Camp in County Kildare, Ireland, 1861. Attributed to Edward Dyne Fenton.

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Saturday, October 4, 2014

Monday, July 14, 2014

Staged Scene of Two British Soldiers Assaulting a German Bunker


"At close grips with the Hun." Staged scene of two British soldiers assaulting a German bunker, c. 1918. One of a number of similar photographs taken at the same bunker. Animated stereoview.

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This half stereoview is said to show British soldiers taking prisoners in what is almost certainly another staged scene. The bodies of German soldiers seen in the posted animated stereoview above disappear in a scene that was presumably meant to portray the aftermath of fighting in the bunker. Not sure if the two were released in the same stereoview series, but this one was published by Realistic Travels.

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Another half stereoview I believe to be part of the same series and published by Realistic Travels:


British Soldiers During Training




British soldiers during training. The soldier with the bayonet to his ear is demonstrating a technique used to detect enemy movements by listening to their ground vibrations. Animated stereoview.

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Thursday, May 1, 2014

Monday, April 7, 2014