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Soldiers keeping warm, Western Front, during World War I. This photograph shows five soldiers sitting around a camp fire built up with bricks. They are wearing 1916 winter-issue sleeveless leather jerkins over More

Durham Light Infantry, Western Front (?), during World War I. This photograph shows the men of a battalion of the Durham Light Infantry holding their steel helmets up on their rifles. As it is undated it is not More

This picture focuses on a valiant struggle by two soldiers to save their home-made boat from sinking. The prow of the dinghy is sitting proud of the water and the stern is being held up by one of the men. The o More

Men repairing footwear on the Western Front, France, during World War I. Scene in a footwear repair shop on the Western Front. Two men stand in front of large machines repairing soles. Behind them there are rac More

A battalion of infantrymen passing some horseback soldiers on a muddy road. Notice the grim underfoot conditions, and how almost every one of the foot soldiers is equipped with a shovel or pickaxe. ..The barren More

Railway repair depot, Western Front, during World War I. This photograph shows a railway depot. A mobile workshop train is standing on what appears to be a narrow-gauge track, with stabilising 'legs' to hold th More

This photograph highlights the sort of surroundings which soldiers lived amongst for four years. The background landscape has been bombed flat and is in the main, featureless. There are small humps in the groun More

Men looking out of a dugout, Western Front, during World War I. Six soldiers looking out of a dugout. Their heads are at ground level and it is unclear if they are crouched or standing. The roof of the dugout i More

The focus of the composition is a garlanded donkey with a dog on its back, to the centre right. Over its back two actors are shaking hands. They are dressed in civilian costumes and their faces are overly made- More

This photograph shows men in a support trench. Support trenches were behind the frontline trenches, out of the range of artillery. This explains the soldier walking beyond the trench without a steel helmet, and More

This 'all action' photograph is thought to be the work of John Warwick Brooke. This image lacks the organisation and sanitisation of most other propaganda photographs, suggesting that it may not have been stage More

Construction workers building a new type of hut for soldiers, during World War I. This photograph shows builders working on the framework of a new type of hut for resting soldiers behind the frontline. It is li More

A brick-built house stands in ruins with its slate roof collapsing in. A trench has been dug almost to the base of the wall. A little bridge over the trench leads to piles of crates and rubbish. The remains of More

A rather bedraggled looking railway line runs through the middle of bombed-out and desolate-looking buildings. A dusty looking soldier is standing at the side of the line smoking. His despondency adds atmospher More

Two soldiers cutting a log in an open-air sawmill, during World War I. This image shows two soldiers cutting a log in an open-air sawmill. The heavy machinery for the big circular saw plus the rail underneath t More

Three soldiers are attaching a large sign to a set of railings. The sign is advertising an entertainment troupe called 'The Tonics.' Printed at the top of the sign is 'The Drury Lane Theatre' and it states they More

This photograph shows troops in position along the right-hand side of a canal, with their rifles aimed across the water. They are fairly well protected, as the canal is built up above the ground to the right. I More

Five British soldiers, watched by an officer, are preparing to unload large shells from a trailer. Three of the men appear to be pulling out a ramp at the back of the trailer. Horse teams pulling carts can be s More

Shelling near the British trenches, Western Front, during World War I. This photograph must have been taken by one of the official war photographers as it appears to have been shot from inside a frontline trenc More

Uniformed men crowds around an anti-aircraft gun. All of the men are wearing long overcoats to combat the cold of this snow-covered landscape. The gun has been positioned on a raised area of ground, close to a More

This photograph shows a group of eight men in a warehouse shovelling onions into sacks from a huge pile on the floor. Two other men are watching. In the background there are stacks of boxes and sacks full of di More

British soldiers using a periscope and an elevated mirror to watch troop movement on the German front line. Though the soldier in the immediate foreground appears to be looking in the wrong direction, he is in More

Highlanders are widening a road with a high bank to one side. They have cut the bank into four terraces and are throwing the earth up from one terrace to the next, away from the road. A sign at the top points o More

Two men dressed as clowns are walking down the centre of a dusty track. They are engaged in conversation with two kilted soldiers beside them. There is a small crowd following them and two more clowns stand to More

A team of uniformed men are building what looks to be a Nissen hut. Sections of corrugated iron, curved to form a roof, are being secured to a raised frame. The hut is in the early stages of construction and ha More

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A woman in a coat and hat holding a sign. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

This scene of busy activity is thought to have been captured by the official war photographer, John Warwick Brooke. Although not strictly a useful propaganda image, such records of everyday war activity have re More

Tommies sleeping in a ditch. At first sight, this photograph appears to show two dead British soldiers lying in a ditch beside a road, with a French soldier looking down at them. The caption, however, indicates More

Equipped British soldiers in a trench, France, during World War I. Eight soldiers walk towards the camera in single file. They are all carrying different pieces of large equipment. The trench they are walking i More

Highlanders have been divided into four teams. Each team is working on a different terrace cut into the bank beside a road. The earth is being thrown from the roadside to the top of the bank in stages, the men More

Lumbermen are gathered round a fire. They are most likely using off cuts of wood to fuel the fire. Behind them, a line of trees stretches into the distance. Sawmills were set up behind the front line to meet th More

Photograph shows Belgian woman working in a field during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Photograph shows Belgian refugees and the Bergen Op Zoom refugee camp in the Netherlands during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

The two women cooks in this image are members of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY)...Through showing that they could easily do the same work as men, women strengthened their case for having the franchise ex More

The officer in the photograph is trawling his way through knee-deep, wet mud, buried up to the top of his boots and half-way up his cane. ..[Original reads: 78. 'A muddy road.']..digital.nls.uk/74548574 ( http: More

Dressed in their regimental kilts and with puttees on their lower legs, these Gordon Highlanders are uncoiling some belts of barbed wire so as to make a new line of defence. These soldiers would have been part More

Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito (1867-1922) with General Douglas Haig, beside a general staff car near the Western Front. Born in Kyoto, Prince Yorihito was the seventeenth son of the Higashi-Fushimi royal dynas More

Sitting together in a dry and dusty trench, this group of officers are supposedly getting ready to move up to the front line. The ground conditions in this image look very dusty and arid, in contrast to the mud More

A row of three soldiers are carrying what appear from the size and shape to be wrapped quarters of beef. They are taking them to a railway truck where three other soldiers are loading them. Boards have been pla More

Wounded soldiers on a light railway travelling through a ravaged area, during World War I. The house in the background has been half blown away, although the remaining countryside seems to be in reasonable shap More

A four-wheeled open cart pulled by a team of six horses has stopped at a small brick bridge. A soldier is filling metal water cans in the river. There is a pole bridge in the foreground leading across the river More

There is a road travelling down the left of the picture through sparsely-wooded, flat countryside. Alongside this runs a narrow embankment which drops down to the river. At the front of the picture is a crowd More

Carriages of a wrecked (freight?) train lying in a shell-hole beside bits of broken rail. There seems to be a group of people surveying the scene towards the top right of the picture...This picture has no 'Off More

Uniformed men dig through the rubble of a ruined church - a small section of the faade is all that remains standing. A cart pulled by two mules, positioned close to where the men are working, waits to loaded. T More

British Photographs of World War I Public domain photograph - British army, military forces, during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

British Photographs of World War I Public domain photograph - British army, military forces, during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

(DLC/PP-1932:0042). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: New York Herald, May 14, 1914, p. 12.

Poster shows soldiers with rifle in silhouette. Public domain scan of Canadian poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Laying railway lines, during World War I. A track runs down the middle of a trench and teams of men are working to move and lay lines and sleepers. They are dressed in heavy coats and scarves. The battlefield i More

Field kitchen, France, during World War I. The cliff face and trenches are visible in the background. The front is dominated by milling groups of soldiers, some are already sitting down. The 'kitchens' consist More

Soldiers at a well. In the middle of a ruined cottage and a yard of rubble the existing caption says there is a well. You cannot see the well for the number of soldiers crowding around. Most soldiers are holdin More

Taken in a bakery set up behind the front line, this image shows rows of men shaping dough into loaves for baking. The small scales positioned along the worktops allow the men to carefully weigh the dough. The More

Photograph shows pile of German cavalry equipment taken by the Belgians after the Battle of Haelen and Diest during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Dressed in a rather exotic uniform of army boots, army caps and fur coats, this image shows five female members of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry standing in front of some Red Cross ambulances. As the first fem More

This picture more than adequately illustrates the common factors of the war experience. The sticky knee-deep mud, the criss-crossing of trenches and the flat bombed-out landscape can all be clearly seen here. . More

A convoy of trucks is parked in line, along the length of a road. They have been awaiting the arrival of a train, which has just pulled into the railhead. The system of distributing supplies across the Front of More

Two wounded soldiers are lying on stretchers at a Dressing Station. One of them appears unconscious. The other, who has a bandaged leg, is being offered a plate of sandwiches. Several Red Cross workers and othe More

Five members of the Royal Flying Corps are examining the body section of a two-seater German fighter plane. The plane has a machine gun mounting in front of the forward cockpit. The sleeve badge of 'Royal Flyin More

A soldier stands watch outside a sentry box, which according to the original caption was once used by the Germans. The date '1914' has been painted on the side of the box, and a reproduction of a painting has b More

In a timber yard at the edge of a wood, three men in civilian clothes are shown loading timber onto a wooden crate. The crate appears to be on a separate flat trolley which runs on two small rail tracks between More

This photograph shows a group of soldiers marching along a road through a village. The original caption identifies this as a military band, although the only instrument visible is a large drum being carried bet More

Two Howitzer guns in position. This photograph conveys how these guns were used and positioned. They are hidden amongst some thin trees and have been covered with bivouac-type huts. The men in the background, m More

Men of the Army Service Corps loading supplies from a shed into a train. The supplies include crates of biscuits, sacks of dried peas and boxes of tinned Ideal milk. The official daily ration included either 8o More

A line of field kitchens are drawn up beside a devastated wood. Each is an open wagon with a fire box, chimney and cooking bins. They are in use as steam and smoke can be seen coming out of them. In the foregro More

A small team of men stand to one side of a big gun. The gun is in position and ready to fire. Big guns with a high trajectory, such as the Howitzer, were favoured by both sides during the War. Its high angle of More

Ruined house, Western Front, during World War I. A soldier, well-wrapped against the cold, looking at the ruins of a house. Part of a framework, identified in the caption as part of a bed, is all that survives. More

Bridging a trench, Western Front, during World War I. British soldiers, possibly Royal Engineers, setting bridges across an abandoned German trench. The bridges seem to be pre-fabricated sections and the soldie More

Photograph shows a doll that was raffled to raise funds for the relief of Belgium refugees during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

This photograph shows three soldiers walking across a temporary bridge over a canal. The bridge has a framework supported by posts set in the canal bed and braced by ropes. The walkway appears to have been made More

Flooded trenches, Western Front, during World War I. Two British soldiers in waders standing up to their knees in water in a flooded communications trench. The Allied trenches were generally lower and wetter th More

A very derelict building, with its door and glass missing, frames the scene. There is a rut in the mud running from the doorway to the mess pot, which is sitting on the ground with soldiers leaning over it hold More

Two soldiers lifting a section of duckboard onto a packhorse. Another man wearing a long overcoat stands beside the horse's head, and looks directly into the camera. The horse stands patiently as the load is li More

Two Scottish soldiers sitting amongst the ruined remains of a German concrete position. They are both sitting on an iron girder, which is jutting out from the wreckage. The soldier on the right is smoking a pip More

Four soldiers are struggling to transport what according to the original caption is a portable forge. Each man is bearing the weight on one shoulder. They are moving across extremely wet and muddy ground. Small More

Two military police dogs and their handler, during World War I. Two dogs are straining to escape this soldier. He is alone down the front of the field and silhouetted against the hill in the background. He seem More

This photograph is a close-up of the side of a train. The runner boards, steps, handles and sash windows can all clearly be seen. There are curtains at some of the windows while three of them have a soldier lea More

This image shows a scene in a bakery set up behind the front line. According to the original caption, the two men in the foreground are removing the dough from these large trough-like bins. It is to be divided More

Officers are sitting on the steps of a villa, listening while one of their comrades plays an upright piano which has been carried outside. One officer bears the badge of the Royal Army Medical Corps and there i More

Photograph shows Belgian soldiers with large field gun, during the Siege of Antwerp by the German Army during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Soldiers, probably of the Army Service Corps, are shown stacking boxes of supplies in a large warehouse. The boxes in the foreground are labelled 'bacon' and are stamped with a shamrock, suggesting that they de More

A senior British Army officer talking to a sergeant outside a Nissen hut. The hut appears to be set in woodland and must be well behind the lines as the men are not wearing steel helmets and there is no evidenc More

According to this photographs original caption, the woman shown here watching the mechanic fixing an ambulance, is a Commandant in the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY). The metal nameplate at the top of the am More

By National Photo Company. National Photo Company Collection. Public domain photograph - United States during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Two officers can be seen looking at slabs of ice which appear to be at least four to six inches (ten to twelve centimetres) thick. According to the original caption, the ice, which seems to have formed over a More

A large group of soldiers attempting to pull a big gun, possibly a field gun, on to a wooden platform. This photograph illustrates how problematic moving a big gun could be, even with the numbers involved here More

Stripped down to their shirt and braces, these two British soldiers are using a can of water to catch up on their washing. A pile of clothes and army kit is piled up behind them. The strange garments on their l More

A working party of British soldiers constructing a narrow gauge railway. In theory, light railways such as these were quickly built in order to keep up with the advance so as to supply the troops with everythin More

Poster showing an American "patriot" helping a young Belgian girl into a coat while a Red Cross worker stands behing him holding clothing, other members of the child's family stand to the right. Poster torn in More

A young soldier standing at sentry duty on a plank bridge across a stream. Behind him are the remains of wrought-iron gates hung from brick pillars, possibly the former entrance to a large house. The gates are More

Two soldiers inspecting a large circular saw in an open-air sawmill. The rough framework of wooden spars in the background is probably to provide tarpaulin shelter from rainy conditions. The soldier to the left More

Two rather jaunty looking soldiers are engaged in chatting to a local girl. They have their hats tipped back and are casually smoking cigarettes. They are both posing slightly. The girl appears to be dressed in More

Officers' dugout, Western Front. Three officers at the entrance to a dugout. The grenade collar badges confirm the caption's identification of these men as Artillery officers. The dugout is formed of earth appa More

A supply train arriving at a camp, with men beside the locomotive preparing to unload provisions. Trains such as these were vital in transporting troops and supplies to locations near the front line. The bales More

Photograph shows soldiers during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

Looking at the snow-covered ground beside the railway track, it is not surprising that these troops are marching along the railway lines themselves. As these soldiers are not carrying any kit, it could be that More

Five soldiers from one of the Highland regiments have been posed by the photographer, probably John Warwick Brooke, to show off a captured German trench mortar. Two of them are holding the mortar up to view wit More

Two men making and stirring huge vats of soup. Fd. Adm. 36. National Photo Company Collection.

Soldiers are posed outside a thatched cottage which appears to be their billet, as one man is shaving at a mirror nailed to the wall. One soldier is cleaning a Lewis gun, an automatic weapon which had a round m More

British troops gathering round a water cart to get some fresh drinking water. Two of the men are holding the metal flasks which soldiers used to store their personal supply of water in. ..Without a regular supp More