A Bomb Gun Section. An easy time in the trenches [St Floris, France]. Photographer: H. D. Girdwood.
Scope & Content:
Men of the 1st Seaforth Highlanders in the trenches, with one man looking over the rim through a periscope. See also Photo 24/(37), Photo 24/(39-42) for other prints in the same sequence.
Bomb Gun Section. Shell bursting in front of trench [St Floris, France]. Photographer: H. D. Girdwood.
Scope & Content:
The same image as Photo 24/(39) (qv), but printed in landscape instead of vertical format. See also Photo 24/(37-38), Photo 24/(40-41) for other photographs in the same sequence.
First line transport of a Gurkha battalion in Flanders [Le Sart, France]. Photographer: H. D. Girdwood.
Scope & Content:
Column of 1/4th Gurkhas on the move, watched by French children at the roadside. Duplicate at Photo 24/(95). Similar to Photo 24/(92-93), Photo 24/(95).
[Officers' dugouts. The home of a C.O. of Indian Infantry, Fauquissart, France]. Photographer: H. D. Girdwood.
Scope & Content:
Duplicate of Photo 24/(298), showing Lieut Col Davidson Houston of the 58th Rifles seated with Indian soldiers outside his dugout. This copy of the print is incorrectly captioned.
Group of six officers & men 1/4th Gurkhas who have received honours or been mentioned in dispatches in this war, with a French Red Cross surgeon who was till recently a prisoner in German [Le Sart, France]. Photographer: H. D. Girdwood.