Western Front Collection (page 3)

Belgian civilians help the Belgian military during the German advance by driving gun carriages. 8th September 1914

Belgian gun dog teams take a rest and take food on the road to Hofstade 28th September 1914

Civilian volunteers join Belgian lancers to stem the German army advance on Antwerp 22 August 1914

Members of A battery of the Royal Field Artillery pose for the camera somewhere in France prior to their move up to the front. Circa 1916

Artillery shells being unloaded during the Somme Campaign Circa October 1916

Private Albert Thorneloe of the MAchine Gun Regiment poses for the camera in France 1917

English cavalry call a halt in the strenuous life at the front, and for a few brief hours they enjoy the rest of a tent less camp in a French stubble field behind the cover of a protecting coppice

The taking of Vimy Ridge Easter Monday, the 9th of April, 1917. Canadian troops seen here advancing over no mans land and through the German barbed wire whilst under fire

British troops passing tanks in a French village close to Amiens following the German Kaiserschlacht offensive on 21 March 1918

Belgian cavalry seen here in training at the cavalry instruction camp at Campagne 25th October 1916

Frank Brazier of the 3rd Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (centre) seen here with two friends admist the ruins of an un-name French town during a break from the front line for the Royal

Germans seen here surrendering to French forces in Champagne. 27th November 1915

British troops waiting to attack Beaumont Hamel in a support trench during the preliminary bombardment, 1st July 1916. Note scaling ladders across trench

French soldiers hold a mass for their fallen comrades just behind the front line near Argonne Circa January 1915

Belgian cavalry regiment on the seashore of Flanders during a training exercise. 17th November 1915

British soldiers seen here serving one of the large artillery pieces on an armoured train in Northern France 21st March 1915

Canadian gunners in action during the Third Battle of Ypres November 1917

Canadian bombardment attempting to cut the wire on the Somme Front. 26th July 1916

Sappers seen here clearing the ground for a howitzer during the Third Battle of Ypres Circa August 1917

Soldiers seen here unloading a supply tank on the Somme during the final 100 days campaign which resulted in the armistice being signed in November. 26th September 1918

A British Cavalry Scout on alert. This image shows the care our men take of their horses, for although the horse has only a slight injury he is well bandaged. Circa November 1914

Labour Battalion repairing a road near Mametz over recently captured ground, August 1916

The Royal Horse Artillery seen here in full gallop near Amiens during the campaign to halt the German advance on Paris Circa July 1918

A British gas attack on German trenches, location not known May 1918

Battle of Messines Ridge. British troops viewing the smashed remains of a German bunker and trenches at OOstaverne Wood. 11th June 1917

Demonstration of British 9. 45 inch trench mortar, in an old German trench in Pigeon Wood
Demonstration of British 9.45 inch trench mortar, in an old German trench in Pigeon Wood, Gommecourt, viewed from front of trench. 17th March 1917

The road from from Auchonvillers to Beaumont Hamel clogged with transports and heavy artillery, in the closing stages of the Somme campaign

British troops taking the opportunity of a dry spell of weather to lay out their kits to dry and the trench to drain itselfs in a area of the front where the Germans are not so active

Ground crew fit the tail vanes and manoeuvre a bomb into the bomb bay of a French Air Force Farman aircrafton the Western Front, 11 November 1917

Australian pioneers of the 1st and 2nd Australian division at work behind the lines near Fleurbaix, just south of the town Armenti?res

Boxing contest at Toutencourt, just behind the front lines for the entertainment of the troops. September 1916

British artillery barrage on German trenches on the Somme. Circa 19th July 1916

The final moments of an allied cargo ship after she had been torpedoed by a German U-Boat Circa 28th October 1917

Shrapnel bursting over Canadian troops sheltering in a reserve trench during the The Battle of Flers Courcelette 15 - 22 September. A battle within the Battle for the Somme. 20th September 1916

BL 6 inch Mk VII naval gun firing over the Canadian front line during the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Circa 10th April 1917

British artillery shells seen bursting on the German front line trenches during the open days of the Somme Campaign. 1st July 1916

A British 13 pounder anti aircraft gun a on Daimler Mk. 3 Lorry seen here in action at
A British 13 pounder anti aircraft gun a on Daimler Mk.3 Lorry seen here in action at night near Wailly, 16th April 1916

A German ammunition dump set on fire by Canadian shelling during the Battle for Arras Circa May 1917

Members of the 16th (Service) Battalion (3rd Birmingham) Royal Warwickshire Regiment pose for the camera in a flooded trench on the Somme battlefield. During the winter of 1915

Members of the 2nd Cavalry Division after crossing the River Marne in September 1914

British artillery seen here bombarding the German wire on the Somme battlefield. 4th May 1916

French troops pose beside Fort Douaumont following their partial success in retaking the Fort from the Germans 23rd May 1916

A series of entertainments give by Miss Lena Ashwells concert party has afforded the greatest pleasure to thousands of soldiers behind the firing line and in the hospitals in France

Members of the Royal Garrison Artillery Regiment seen here loading up artillery shells on to a light railway trolley near Fricourt, Circa September 1916

A Navvy Battalion seen here taking lunch during a break at Ancre December 1916

Enterance to Fort Douaumont following the French Armys partial success in retaking the Fort from the Germans 23rd May 1916

A party of French soldiers who in peace time were all well known actors have produced an amusing Revue they are seen here performing for the troops in a barn just behind the frontline. Circa 1915

French soldiers hold a mass amongst the graves of their fallen comrades just behind the front line near Argonne Circa June 1915

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