Old photographs of British troops in World War I 8 .

Mondo History Updated on 2024-01-30

1, A 60-pounder gun of the 90th Heavy Artillery Company of the Royal Garrison Artillery fights near Heights 114 in Gallipoli on 4 June 1915.

2, In July 1916, during the Battle of the Somme, soldiers of Company A, 11th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment after capturing a German trench near the Albert-Babosel road in Auviller.

3, Soldiers of the Royal Irish Flint Flintlock Regiment in the southern Gallipoli trenches, 1915. Because of the climate, they were equipped with cool helmets (wooden pith helmets).

4, Survivor aboard HMS Scourge, 21 November 1916, British Royal Navy.

Served in the Royal Navy. In 1913, she was transferred to the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla. During the Battle of Gallipoli, she was used to help move the legions to the shores of Anzac (ANZ Legion) Bay and Sufra Bay. Subsequently, they assisted in the rescue of survivors of the sinking of the Great Britain.

5, 1918, units of the 52nd (Lowland) Division demonstrate German machine guns captured in recent battles.

6, Colonel Philip Robertson of the Cameron Man (Scottish Rifles) in the waterlogged trenches at Bois Greniers (trench foot warning), 1915

7, On August 9, 1917, during the Third Battle of Ypres, Royal Field Artillery gunners towed an 18-pounder field gun from the mud near Zillerbec, Belgium.

8, April 1917, Canadian soldiers rest near Arras, France.

9,Officers and members of the 26th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in St. John, Canada, take a group photo together before leaving for Europe, 1915.

10, British soldiers take care of babies outside their camp in Adinkerke, near Dunkirk, on August 6, 1917, photographed by Lieutenant Ernest Brooks.

About the photographer: Lieutenant Ernest Brooks we have covered before:

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