Natives of Manipur are greatly interested in the workings of a motor
A motorcar is parked to the left of the picture and is sitting with both sides of its bonnet open. There is a British soldier in the car, busy with the controls. Two Manipur soldiers are kneeling in front of th... More
Snap at a seaside resort during World War I
British soldier building sandcastles with a little boy, in France, during World War I. This shows a 'Tommy' playing at building sandcastles with a little boy on a beach in northern France. The boy is dressed in... More
Women at Boulogne station, France, probably December 1918
Women, accompanied by French and British officers, waiting at a gateway on the station platform at Boulogne. Most of the women are in uniform but two, standing slightly apart from the others and clearly accompa... More
Highlanders having a rest on their way from the trenches
This photograph shows a group of kilted soldiers from one of the Highland Regiments. The men are resting, leaning against the wall of a large shell-damaged building. Their relief at getting away from the trench... More
Y.M.C.A. car full of beauty, Flanders
Four women are sitting in a vintage car with another woman sitting behind the wheel. The women are all well dressed with jackets and hats and are looking at the camera. They seem relaxed but only three of them ... More
Type of German prisoner captured in the new push, Flanders
German prisoner, during World War I. He is wearing a cloth or wool cap and a tunic style jacket. His spectacles, held on by 'ear-bands', reflect the scene in front of him. The closeness of the subject forces on... More
Haig shaking hands with Queen Alexandra
Haig greeting Queen Alexandra, London, 19 December 1918. This photograph shows Field Marshal ( Earl) Haig (1861-1928) and two other officers sitting in an open horse-drawn carriage in London. Haig is leaning do... More
Indian Cavalry during World War I
Indian cavalry, Western Front, during World War I. This is one of a number of photographs showing the Indian cavalry who fought with the Allies. In the autumn of 1914, the urgent need for trained soldiers led t... More
Duke of Connaught at a Training School on the British Front
The Duke of Connaught is facing the camera surrounded by four officers. He is talking to four uniformed American soldiers who are standing with their backs to the camera. It is believed that Ernest Brooks took ... More
Natives of Manipur ready to do a war dance
Seven men are standing in row stretching away from the camera. Another soldier is standing at the end of the row in the process of moving around the line. He is wearing a uniform. The rest of the soldiers, howe... More
Type of German prisoners captured in the new push, Flanders
German prisoner, during World War I. Portrait of a German prisoner wearing a helmet and, what could be, civilian clothes. The closeness of the subject forces one to look at his face. ..Whilst many photographs w... More
Chinese in France entertain British troops behind the lines
This image shows entertainment at a camp. A large crowd of uniformed troops and of Chinese Labour Corps are standing around a small stage. A few officers are seated at the front of the crowd. A man in Chinese c... More
Scotch troops at the entrance to their hut on New Year's Day
Scottish soldiers celebrating New Years Day at the entrance to their billet hut, France, during World War I. With their leather football, bagpipes, beer kegs, wine bottles, brazier and drum, this group of Scots... More
Cleaning up during World War I
Soldiers sit outside the entrance to a dugout, cleaning their rifles. They are all in full uniform and are wearing helmets, apart from one man, on the right, who is in his shirtsleeves. It is a relaxed and info... More
French peasant girls grazing cattle chatting to Tommy
French farming girls talking with British soldiers while cattle graze, France, during World War I. This scene shows two French country girls taking a break from watching their cattle to chat with some British s... More
Two natives of Manipur at dinner
Two soldiers are sitting side on to the camera and talking to each other in a quiet, contemplative way. The bench they are sitting on is made of logs, planks and bricks. They are both holding full bowls of soup... More
Rifle grenade competition, Flanders
Members of the Black Watch Regiment at a sports day, organised at the Western Front. The young soldier in the foreground is taking part in a rifle grenade competition. Two of the men behind him are possibly jud... More
Inhabitants of a newly captured village are greatly interested in a Br...
Village inhabitants, Western Front, during World War I. An Allied machine-gunner standing in a village talking to an old man and surrounded by other village inhabitants. Not surprisingly the crowd is composed o... More
Eastern scene by the roadside during World War I
Indian cavalrymen playing cards, France, during World War I . A group of soldiers from the Indian Army are standing watching four of their friends playing cards on a wooden crate. One of the card players is wea... More
Taking rings by bayonet, Flanders
Members of the Black Watch at a sports day, during World War I. This image shows an event taking place at a sports day organised for the Black Watch. This particular event involves the competitors collecting sm... More
Highlanders at work broadening a road, Flanders
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
Pumping up water for horses during World War I
Indian Army cavalrymen pumping water, France, during World War I. In the foreground of this photograph are two Indian Army cavalrymen using a small hand pump to raise water out of a stream and through hoses up ... More
Highlanders at work on the road side, Flanders
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
Two cooks of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, Flanders
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
Some famous Scottish Pipe Majors, Flanders
Pipe majors at a horse show behind the lines during World War I. There are two rows of kilted men - one standing up and one sitting down. Most of the men are holding bagpipes but a few are holding batons. They ... More
Some of the natives from Zululand
South Africans performing a traditional war dance. The dancers are wearing fringed skirts and are brandishing long sticks or canes, all are barefoot and topless. Some of the men are also wearing decorative neck... More
Some of the Zulus waiting to enter the ring for the dance
South Africans, from S.A.N.L.C., waiting to perform a traditional war dance. They are standing at the top of a sand dune partially covered with sea grass. All of the dancers are wearing short fringed skirts, an... More
Type of German prisoners captured in the new push, Flanders
Portrait of a German prisoner. He is wearing a cloth over his head and a jacket with '102' on the left epaulette. The closeness of the subject forces one to look closely at his face and into his eyes...Whilst m... More
They take a great pride in the appearance of their horses, and this ma...
Indian cavalryman with his horse, France, during World War I. This photograph shows a member of the Indian Army cavalry standing, holding a grey horse by the head collar. The man is wearing a dark turban, crava... More
Some of the men that took part during World War I
Close up of a number of South African dancers performing a traditional war dance. The three men in front are each wearing a fringed skirt and all are topless. Two of them are carrying shields and all three are ... More
Highlanders cutting up branches to make fascines for road making
Five Highlanders are working in a wood, making fascines or bundles of branches. Three men in the background appear to be stripping off leaves and side shoots, while two men in the foreground arrange the poles a... More
Highland gas sentry reading a letter from home, Flanders
Soldier reading his letter, during World War I. A kilted soldier is half leaning and half sitting on a muddy embankment. The surroundings are a little disorientating but there may be a dugout on the right of th... More
Cyclists crossing Cologne during World War I
A detachment of troops with bicycles which they are wheeling, heavily laden with kit, through the streets of Cologne. Women and children are standing on the pavement watching them and waving white papers or clo... More
Types of Natives of Manipur - Public domain portrait print
Eight Manipur soldiers are lined up in two uneven rows across the front of the camera. Two of the soldiers on the left are smoking pipes and a soldier on the far right is wrapped in white cloth. Most of the sol... More
Highlanders at work making fascines for road building, Flanders
Two Highlanders have a chain wrapped around the brushwood bundle or fascine and each is pressing down on a lever handle to tighten the chain so that the bundle can be tied. This photograph is by John Warwick Br... More
Shall the Hun pay? during World War I
Taken from above, there are two women and a man standing in a grassy depression. The ladies are dressed in fine, dark dresses. Their skirts are long and they are wearing hats and carrying bags. The man they are... More
Indian Cavalry on the move during World War I
Members of the Indian Cavalry make their way up a hillside, passed two soldiers travelling on foot. The cavalrymen are distinguishable by the turbans they are wearing, in place of helmets, and the spears they a... More
W.A.A.C's bathing on the coast somewhere in France
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps members, France, during World War I. This photograph, thought to be by Tom Aitken, shows four Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) members enjoying a swim on a beach in France. The W... More
Filling an Indian pot with water from the cart
Indian Army cavalrymen at water cart, France, during World War I. This image shows cavalrymen from the Indian Army getting water from a water cart. The men are wearing dark coloured turbans, most have short jac... More
Maharaja of Patiala visits the Western Front
The gun itself dominates the picture and dwarfs the men who are standing around it. There is a piece of sky and the top of a tree visible in the background which give the picture context. The rest of the pictur... More
About to ram home a shell during World War I
Howitzer being loaded, France, Summer 1918. This is one of two photographs attributed to Tom Aitken which show the same gun-team loading and firing this Howitzer. The other is titled 'Howitzer being fired'. The... More