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British troops at the Western Front in World War I

Laughing English soldiers at the Western Front

Laughing English soldiers in a trench in Flanders. Probably taken from a movie scene.

English artillery troops at the Western Front, 1914

English artillery troops march from the Belgian coast to take up position at the river Aisne.

English artillery troops at the Western Front, 1914

English artillery troops march from the Belgian coast to take up position at the river Aisne.

English armored trains, 1915

The end wagons of two English armored trains at the Western Front in the North of France.

English soldiers in protective clothing, 1917

English front-line soldiers on the battlefield. They wear steel protective clothing over their uniforms.

Indian soldiers in a trench, 1915

A Group of Indian soldiers in a trench at the Western Front. One of them is manning a machine gun.

Parade of British troops in Marseille

A Scottish military band marches with their mascot, a roebuck, in a parade of British troops in Marseille.

English heavy artillery soldiers on the Western Front, 1918

English heavy artillery soldiers move munitions with the help of chains and ropes.

Scottish soldiers at the Western Front, 1915

Scottish soldiers from the Royal Scots Regiment shoot from a prone position.

English motorbike machine gun crew, 1916

An English motorbike machine gun crew at the Western Front. Each bike is equipped with a sidecar from which a passenger can fire a machine gun.

English ammunition transport, 1916

Horses used to transport munitions at the western front.

Nurses observe machine gun firing at a plane, 1917

English nurses in steel helmets watch a soldier shoot his machine gun at a plane at the Western Front.

English aide-de-camp, 1914

An English aide-de-camp in Paris. He is accompanied by a French scout, who is assigned to him as his guide and translator.

Camouflaged hiding place of a railroad gun, 1918

The hiding place of an english railroad gun disguised by camouflage netting. The railroad gun was captured during an offensive.

Ammunition dump for the English heavy artillery, 1918

English soldiers fit detonators into grenades for the heavy artillery at the Western Front.

English railroad gun at the Western Front

English railroad gun with camouflage coating.

English soldiers on a railroad gun at the Western Front

English soldiers work on a railroad gun with camouflage coating.

English field bakery, 1916

English soldiers bake bread in the ovens of a field bakery at the Western Front.

English light field artillery on the march, 1914

A company of the English light field artillery on the march at the Western Front.

Arrival of English infantry in Boulogne-sur-Mer, 1914

A company of English soldiers arrives in Boulogne-sur-Mer at the Western Front.

English ammunition train, 1918

An English ammunition train on the march at the Western Front.

English infantry at rest, 1918

English infantry rest at the side of a road at the Western Front.

Canadian soldiers during road construction, 1916

Canadian soldiers try to free a steamroller that has gotten stuck during road construction at the Western Front.

English troops in Ostend, 1914

English troops arrive in Ostend. They are reinforcements for the occupation of Antwerp on the Western Front.

English soldiers at a funeral at the Western Front

English soldiers at a funeral behind front lines. In the middle the military chaplain.

Wounded English soldiers

English soldiers wounded at the Western Front lined up on stretchers. They are cared for behind front lines.

English infantry regiment in Paris, 1916

An English infantry regiment in front of Les Invalides. The regiment is part of a parade of allied troops in honor of the French national holiday in Paris on 14 July 1916.

Scottish regiment in Paris, 1916

A Scottish regiment in front of Les Invalides. The regiment is part of a parade of allied troops in honor of the French national holiday in Paris on 14 July 1916.

Scottish infantry in Marseille

Scottish infantry in the streets of Marseilles during the march of British troops through the city.

Indian officers in Marseilles

Indian officers in the crowd during the march of British troops through Marseilles.

English infantry regiment in Paris, 1916

An English infantry regiment marches off from Les Invalides. The regiment is part of a parade of allied troops in honor of the French national holiday in Paris on 14 July 1916.

English infantry regiment in Paris, 1916

An English infantry regiment in front of Les Invalides. The regiment is part of a parade of allied troops in honor of the French national holiday in Paris on 14 July 1916.

English infantry regiment passes the Arc de Triomphe, 1915

An English infantry regiment marches through the Arc de Triomphe. The regiment is part of a parade of allied troops in honor of the French national holiday in Paris on 14 July 1915.

Indian regiment in Paris, 1916

An Indian regiment marches off from Les Invalides. The regiment is part of a parade of allied troops in honor of the French national holiday in Paris on 14 July 1916.

Indian soldier with flowers

An Indian soldier with flowers given to him by French civilians during the march of British troops through Marseilles.

View of a barrack camp at the Western Front

English officers and their wives visit a barrack camp during the march of British troops through Marseilles.

English soldiers marching through Marseille

English troops march though the streets of Marseilles. They are flanked by French soldiers and civilians.

English navy infantry regiment passes the Arc de Triomphe, 1915

An English navy infantry regiment marches through the Arc de Triomphe. The regiment is part of a parade of allied troops in honor of the French national holiday in Paris on 14 July 1915.

Canadian infantry in a trench, 1916

A group of Canadian soldiers awaits an attack in a trench. One of the infantrymen watches for enemy soldiers through a periscope. Taken from a contemporary magazine.

English infantry on the march, 1914

A battalion of English soldiers marches along the road at the Western Front.

Indian colonial troops, 1915

An Indian ruler and his staff at the Western Front. To the right of them an English and a French officer.

Indian soldiers at the Western Front

Indian soldiers protect themselves with blankets against the cold of the first wartime winter.

English armored train at the Western Front, 1914

English soldiers in an armored train in Flanders.

English soldiers observe a plane, 1915

A group of English cavalry soldiers observes a plane through binoculars during a moment of respite at the Western Front.

English nurses at a soldier's grave, 1917

Nurses with protective steel helmets decorate the grave of a fallen soldier behind the front lines with flowers.

English soldier with steel helmet, 1915

Portrait of an English soldier with a new steel helmet. The model was tested by English troops at the Western Front.

English heavy artillery, 1916

An English heavy artillery railroad gun is fired at the Western Front.

English infantry in the trenches

English soldiers in the trenches at the Western Front.

English infantry in the trenches at the Western Front

English soldiers standing in a flooded trench. Probably taken from a movie.

English troops at the Western Front

English infantry at the Western Front during World War I. Probably taken from a movie scene.

English engineers during road construction, 1917

English engineers build a road behind the lines of the Western Front.

A British aerial bomb, 1915

A giant English aerial bomb.

A female pilot of the Royal Air Force, 1918

A woman as an airplane pilot of the English Royal Air Force.

British soldiers playing football in Belgium, 1915

British soldiers play football beside the road to the front in Belgium. Contemporary British drawing.

Captured German soldiers carry a wounded man, 1916

Captive Germans carry a wounded man guarded by British soldiers in the rear of the Somme Front (film scene from 'The World War, 2nd part').

British propaganda poster from WWI, 1915

Propaganda poster for participation in the war. The civilian on the right should ask himself if he should take part in the war effort of his country as a munitions worker or a soldier. In the mddle women are portrayed as industrial workers or nurses.

British propaganda poster from WWI

Recruitment poster for women in the Women's Royal Naval Service.

British positions at Neuve Chapelle, 1915

British soldiers in a trench in the area of Neuve Chapelle in Flanders.

A German and a British soldier on the Western Front, 1918

A German prisoner gives a light to a wounded British soldier (right).

British colonial troops in France, 1914

Indian soldiers under the command of a British officer on the march behind the Western Front.

British soldiers in Flanders, 1917

British soldiers who have been removed in the forward position prepare for an inspection of their weapons. The picture was taken in the area of Arras / Paschendale.

British soldiers playing on the Western Front, 1918

British soldiers playing baseball in the base on the front in France / Flanders.

British artillery troops at the Western Front in Randem, 1916

English soldiers use teamwork to bring a heavy cannon to their firing position.

British artillery position on the Western Front, 1918

British soldiers with their guns at the front in France.

Scottish officer cadets in the UK, 1915

Officer candidates of a Scottish regiment at an appeal. In their hands they hold military textbooks.

British troops on the Western front, 1918

After the failure of the German offensive in spring 1918, the Western front started to shift. English cavalry on the march over a bridged over trench.

British tank "Lotte" on the Western Front of the First World War

British tank (type Mark IV) with an Iron Cross and the name "Lotte" drawn onto it on the street Reims-Mourmelon le Grand close to the fort La Pompelle on the Western Front of the First World War (undated picture, probably after the end of the war). Lotte was capturesd and dirven by german soldiers.

Battlefield tourism in France after the First World War

A British tank of the type Mark IV on a former battlefield on the Western Front is visited by two tourists alongside a French country road.

British tank Mark IV in Langemark - Poelkappelle after the First World War

A shot down Britisch tank of the type Mark IV on the market place of Langemark - Poelkapelle. In the backgound, the memorial for the French fighter pilot Georges Guynemer, which was erected after the First World War.

Shot down British tank on the Western Front, 1916-1918

German soldiers explore a shot down British tank of the type Mark IV on the Western Front during the First World War.

English tank on the Western Front after the First World War

An English tank of the type Mark IV is left behind by its crew in the no man's land of a former battlefield. The picture was taken after the First World War, the arms of the tank have been dismantled.

British tank "Lotte" on the Western Front of the First World War

British tank on the road Reims-Cochons after the First World War

A British tank of the type Mark IV on a former battlefield on the Western Front on the street Reims-Cochons.

English attack on the Western Front, 1918

English infantery moves forward in an attack on the Western Front. They seek shelter of the German defence fire behind French tanks of the type Char 2C.

British attack during the Battle of the Somme, 1916

British tanks of the type Mark IV attack together with infantery during the battle of the Somme. Illustration form the "Illustrated London News".

English attack in the First World War

Infantry advancing together with tanks. Presumably film photo.

English tank attacking in the First World War

English tank while attacking in the First World War, Scene from the movie 'Der Weltkrieg', II.Teil'.

Aircraft attack on a tank, 1918

When the Allies have put in user for the first time tanks in 1916, the German army was not yet equipped with this weapon. Here a British tank on one hand is attacked by a German ground attack aircraft, on the other hand it is shrouded by German ground troops who are trying to ruin it with the flame thrower. Presumably a film photo.

British tanks in a French village on the Western Front, 1917

Aerial photograph shot from a German reconaissance plane. It shows a French village behind the frontline and British tanks Mark IV on the streets (no. 1-4).

British Supply Train Crossing a Battle Area at Somme River, 1916

Troops of a British supply train cross a destroyed battle area during the materiel battle at Somme river.

Funeral of an English soldier, 1918

Funeral service for a dead English soldier at the western front of the First World War.