Western Front (WW1)

"The World War" ( Cigarette collection album published by Cigaret Picture Service Dresden ) - German outpost in the woods at the western front

Map of the Western Front (World War I), 1915-1916

"The World War" ( Cigarette collection album published by Cigaret Picture Service Dresden ) - Mock-up gun to hide the weakness of the German border defense at the western front ( 1914 )

12 inch Mk IX gun on the Vickers Mk I railway carriage. Note the location of the recoil buffers above the barrel and the distinctive gun carriage, and inside-framed bogies. This is the gun with the diamond-shaped frame seen from the side. See also Image:12inchMkIXRailwayGunVickersMkIProyart28August1918.jpeg for another view of this gun. Location : Corbie, France. NOTE : This version of the photograph has brightness and contrast artificially increased to highlight details.

Photograph of British 12 inch Mk IX Gun on Armstrong Mk II railway mounting. AWM text reads : "Meaulte, France. c. 1916. A British Army railway mounted 12 inch naval gun being cleaned." Comment : The location of the recoil buffers below the barrel and the pattern of the bogies with the frames outside the wheels identifies it as the Armstrong Mk II mounting. See Image:12inchRailwayGunColouredPostcardDailyMail.jpg for colourised propaganda postcard version.

AWM caption : "France: Picardie, Somme, Proyart. A 12 inch railway gun supporting the Australians near Proyart". Comment : This is one of the 2 guns mounted on slightly differing Vickers Mk I railway carriages, identified by the distinctive gun mounting with recoil buffers above the barrel and bogies with frames between rather than outside the wheels. This gun's mounting has a warping winch at the front, and the carriage frame has a diamond shape from the side. See also Image:12inchMkIVickersRailwayGunCorbie1918.jpeg for another view of this gun in action. NOTE : This version of the photograph has brightness and contrast artificially increased to highlight details.

Soissons, France. A twelve inch shell being fired from one of the British Army heavy guns north of the town. Comment : This is a 12 inch railway howitzer Mk V. This photograph is part of the same shoot as Image:12inchMkVRailwayHowitzerFiringSoissons1917.jpeg NOTE : This version of the photograph has brightness and contrast artificially increased to highlight details.

A British 12 inch Mk V Railway Howitzer "Bunty" firing north of Soissons, France. Note the holdfast wires below camouflage netting. Comment : This photograph is part of the same shoot as Image:12inchMkVRailwayHowitzerFiringSoissons-2.jpeg NOTE : This version of the photograph has brightness and contrast artificially increased to highlight details.

Western Front: Western Front (Belgium), Ypres Area. Unidentified soldiers, probably British, grouped around two 12 inch Mk III howitzers on Railway Hill used to support the Australian troops. The howitzer in the foreground is mounted on railway tracks, which allowed it to be moved to take up different positions along the railway line. Note a railcar on the right and piles of sandbags in the background. NOTE : This version of the photograph has brightness and contrast artificially increased to highlight details.

Photograph of British 13 pounder 6 cwt anti-aircraft gun on Mk II mounting, on a Thornycroft Type J lorry, 1916, outskirts of Armentieres, France. See Image:QF 13pdr 6cwt AA Gun Field Artillery Journal Jan-Mar 1917.jpeg for view from the other side.

A mobile battery of anti aircraft guns behind the Australian lines. In the centre foreground two unidentified soldiers are holding a shell and preparing to pass it up to the gunners. Place made: France: Picardie, Somme Herbecourt. Comment : These are 13 pounder 9 cwt guns on Mk 3 mounting. NOTE : This version of the photograph has brightness and contrast artificially increased to highlight details.

This photo of movable heritage has been taken in the Brussels Capital Region

This photo of movable heritage has been taken in the Brussels Capital Region

1st Division laying duckboards over the muddy ground in Passchendaele.

2BDE 1ID Soldiers WWI

Soldiers from the Australian 4th Pioneer Battalion moving behind the lines on a train, around Warlencourt

5th Division soldiers walking on duckboard in the muddy valleys in Albania Woods.

Artificers of the 135th Siege Battery RGA overhauling 8-inch howitzers at La Houssoye.

British 9.2-inch railway gun ready to fire at night, Boesinghe, Belgium.

Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog Reportage / Serie : The British advance in the West Beschrijving : A busy scene on the road Annotatie : De Britse opmars in het Westen. Drukte langs de weg Datum : {1914-1918} Trefwoorden : eerste wereldoorlog, fronten, kolonnes, soldaten, wegen Fotograaf : [onbekend] Auteursrechthebbende : Public Domain logo Materiaalsoort : Foto (zwart/wit) Nummer archiefinventaris : bekijk toegang 2.24.09 Bestanddeelnummer : 158-2402

Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog Reportage / Serie : The British Western front Beschrijving : A cottage near the trenches Annotatie : Het Britse Westelijk front. Een hutje bij de loopgraven Datum : {1914-1918} Trefwoorden : eerste wereldoorlog, fronten, hutje, loopgraven, soldaten Fotograaf : Alfieri Auteursrechthebbende : Public Domain logo Materiaalsoort : Foto (zwart/wit) Nummer archiefinventaris : bekijk toegang 2.24.09 Bestanddeelnummer : 158-2335

A dead gunner in a German machine gun nest killed during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive

Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog Reportage / Serie : The British advance in the West Beschrijving : A few of our empties Annotatie : De Britse opmars in het Westen. Enorme berg lege granaathulzen Datum : {1914-1918} Trefwoorden : eerste wereldoorlog, fronten, granaathulzen Fotograaf : The Press Bureau Auteursrechthebbende : Public Domain logo Materiaalsoort : Foto (zwart/wit) Nummer archiefinventaris : bekijk toegang 2.24.09 Bestanddeelnummer : 158-0396

Anti-aircraft gun crews run to their guns, QF 13-pounder 9cwt on Mk III lorry mounting. Outskirts of Armentieres, France.

An aerial reconnaissance photograph of the opposing trenches and no-man's land between Loos-en-Gohelle and Hulluch in Artois, France, taken at 7.15 pm, 22 July 1917. German trenches are at the right and bottom, British trenches are at the top left. The vertical line to the left of centre indicates the course of a pre-war road or track.