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English: Men of the Lancashire Fusiliers sit in a muddy puddle on the floor of a front line trench opposite Messines to clean a Lewis gun. Behind them, as the trench bends round to the right, a group of men can be seen standing in the trench, one of them with his bayonet fixed. To the left of the photographs, can be seen the gas alarm horn and wind vane. Several rows of sandbags form the top left-hand edge of the trench. Imperial War Museum, image Q4649.

Category: photographs Related period: First World War (production), First World War (content) Creator: Brooke, John Warwick (Lieutenant) (Photographer) Production date: 1917-01 Catalogue number: Q 4649

Part of MINISTRY OF INFORMATION FIRST WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION
Deutsch: Britischer Schützengraben an der Westfront (Erster Weltkrieg)
Français : Tranchée anglaise sur le front Ouest, 1916
Русский: Британский окоп около дороги Альбер-Бапом во время Битвы на Сомме, июль 1916.
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Source https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205195977
Author
John Warwick Brooke  (1886–1929)  wikidata:Q29267899
 
John Warwick Brooke
Alternative names
Warwick Brooke
Description British photographer
Date of birth/death 30 May 1886 Edit this at Wikidata 1929 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Uxbridge
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current00:18, 9 March 2018Thumbnail for version as of 00:18, 9 March 2018800 × 595 (109 KB)TaterianHigher resolution
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15:09, 30 December 2005Thumbnail for version as of 15:09, 30 December 2005445 × 357 (21 KB)ItsmineBishop Museum archive photos of World War I {{PD}}

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