Alt_Ref_NoA223.1-33
Ref No578-K/1/12/2/3
TitleEnlargements of mixed-subject photographs relating to the 8th, 12th, 13th and 14th Battalions
DescriptionEight scenes of Egypt (Al Arak camp, the 13th Battalion on a train and Col. Hunter); five groups of soldiers (13th Battalion, a group from 13th Battalion drafted to 171 Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers, at Silkstone, and individuals named as Hewitt and Bran); eight landscapes showing former battle sites; five photographs of cemeteries (Luke Copse Cemetery and Queens Cemetery, Serre: 12th, 13th and 14th Battalions; Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille: 8th and 9th Battalions); one photograph of five 8th Battalion graves at St Acheul French National Cemetery, Amiens (Unknown Soldier, 22902 Pte. Thomas Francis Walsh, 21961 Pte. Charles Dickinson, 19181 L. Cpl. John Thomas Earnshaw and Pte. Alfred Earnest Price, all died 1st Jul 1916); four photographs of images from books and postcards (Somme battlefield, Fricourt train station, possibly Albert Cathedral); one photograph each of a trench mortar in a museum, possibly a German 25cm Minenwerfer; Lt. Col. Joseph Hewitt, the first C.O. of the 13th Battalion; Signalling Corps, with flags.
Date[c.2000]
FormatPhotograph
Extent33 items
Access StatusOpen
TermFirst World War (1914-1918)
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