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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 21 Level [40] File

41. Photo 21(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 21(41)
Title:
A cable section laying telephone wires; each detachment carries several miles of cable. Photographer: Girdwood, Charles Hilton DeWitt
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Subjects = communications; Indian Army in Europe; military (general); military campaigns; military communications; telephones
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 item

42. Photo 21(42)

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Photo 21(42)
Title:
Tanks clearing the way for the infantry through a mud-spattered Flanders battlefield. Photographer: Girdwood, Charles Hilton DeWitt
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Subjects = armoured vehicles; Indian Army in Europe; military (general); military campaigns; military transport
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 item

43. Photo 21(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 21(43)
Title:
Garhwal brigade signal section fixing telephone cables on the side of a French farmhouse. Photographer: Girdwood, Charles Hilton DeWitt
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Subjects = 39th Garhwal Rifles; communications; Indian Army; Indian Army in Europe; military (general); military campaigns; military communications; telephones
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 item

44. Photo 21(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 21(44)
Title:
Watching through periscopes the effects of bursting German shells. Photographer: Girdwood, Charles Hilton DeWitt
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Seaforth Highlanders with trench mortars. Subjects = arms and armour; British army; Indian Army in Europe; military (general); military campaigns; mortars; Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-Shire Buffs The Duke of Albany's)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 item

45. Photo 21(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 21(45)
Title:
Casualties after the charge has swept over. Captured positions under German shell fire. Photographer: Girdwood, Charles Hilton DeWitt
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Scene from a mock battle. Subjects = Indian Army in Europe; military (general); military campaigns; military exercises; military training
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 item

46. Photo 21(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 21(46)
Title:
In action! Hidden by a screen of foliage; our batteries put down a barrage for the infantry. Photographer: Girdwood, Charles Hilton DeWitt
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View of an artillery unit in action. Subjects = arms and armour; artillery; Indian Army in Europe; military (general); military campaigns
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 item

47. Photo 21(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 21(47)
Title:
A German shell arrives; bomb gun section of the Seaforths taking cover. Photographer: Girdwood, Charles Hilton DeWitt
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View of a trench with mortars and periscopes. Subjects = arms and armour; British army; Indian Army in Europe; military (general); military campaigns; mortars; Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-Shire Buffs The Duke of Albany's)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 item

48. Photo 21(48)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 21(48)
Title:
Second-line of Gurkhas coming up under shell-fire to consolidate trench taken by first-line. Photographer: Girdwood, Charles Hilton DeWitt
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events A handwritten note under this caption reads: 'A definite 'fake': it is a photograph of practice manoeuvres. Dr Girdwood was expressly forbidden to describe it as a real scene of action. [signed] M.C. Seton'. Subjects = Gurkhas; Indian Army; Indian Army in Europe; mili...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 item

49. Photo 21(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 21(49)
Title:
First-line Gurkhas storming and capturing a German trench. Photographer: Girdwood, Charles Hilton DeWitt
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Scene from the same manoeuvres described in Print 48. Subjects = Gurkhas; Indian Army; Indian Army in Europe; military (general); military campaigns; military exercises; military training
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 item

50. Photo 21(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 21(50)
Title:
Our gallant infantry charging the German positions in East Africa. Photographer: Girdwood, Charles Hilton DeWitt
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events This is a scene from manoeuvres. The same event is also represented in Print 128 but there the location is given as the Dardanelles. Subjects = Indian Army in Europe; military (general); military campaigns; military exercises; military training
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 item