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Giving water to a wounded pal, Hooge, Ypres, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Giving water to a wounded pal, Hooge, Ypres, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Allied soldiers beside a shattered German block house. Stereoscopic card detail

Officer watching his men file into a dug-out to avoid a German strafe, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Infantry fitted with the latest gas marks and steel helmets, World War I, 1915-1918. The Germans were the first to make use of poison gas on the Western Front, at Ypres in April 1915

After the storm and stress of battle, caring for the wounded, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Staff officer in a dugout studying details before an offensive, World War I, 1914-1918

Sir John French, Commander-in-Chief of the BEF, France, World War I, 1914-1915. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Sir John French, Commander-in-Chief of the BEF, France, World War I, 1914-1915. Field Marshal French (1852-1925) with aides-de-camp at headquarters

Ammunition convoy parked in a Flanders lane awaiting orders, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Canadians leaving their trenches to rush a German position, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

British soldiers attacking the Hindenburg Line, World War I, 1917-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
British soldiers attacking the Hindenburg Line, World War I, 1917-1918. Soldiers bombing Germans out of their deep dug-out with grenades

British soldiers advancing under cover of gas and smoke, France, World War I, 1916. A break in the German lines is made through to Serre and Thiepval during the Battle of the Somme

German prisoners carrying British wounded, World War I, 1916. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
German prisoners carrying British wounded, World War I, 1916. During the assault on Trones Wood, part of the Battle of the Somme. Stereoscopic card detail

Prussians captured by Old Contemptibles in the advance at Pozieres, World War I, 1914-1918. Old Contemptibles was the name self-adopted by British troops belonging to the regular army in 1914

Troops on a night raid leave by a sap for the enemy lines, 20th century. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Troops on a night raid leave by a sap for the enemy lines, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Advance across No Mans Land to assault the German lines, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Advance across No Mans Land to assault the German lines, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

North Country troops bombing a German machine gun position, Polygon Wood, 20th century
Bombing a German machine gun position, Polygon Wood, Belgium, World War I, 1917. Soldiers from a British regiment from the North of England throwing grenades at a German position

Soldiers leaving a trench for a night raid at Messines, Belgium, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Soldiers crossing the river Ancre, Battle of the Somme, France, World War I, 1916. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Soldiers crossing the river Ancre, Battle of the Somme, France, World War I, 1916. Scene during the Allied attack on Thiepval Ridge. Stereoscopic card detail

Captured German prisoner giving information to his captors, World War I, 1914-1918. A German prisoner captured in a raid pointing out to staff officers the disposition of his unit

Bringing up reserve ammunition, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Bringing up reserve ammunition, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Troops feeding their horses and resting on the march, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Troops feeding their horses and resting on the march, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Army cooks preparing a meal, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
Army cooks preparing a meal, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien, British soldier, First World War, 1914. Artist: John Saint-Helier Lander
General Sir Horace Lockwood General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien, British soldier, First World War, 1914. General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien (1858-1930)

Scottish Highlanders of the British Expeditionary Force at Boulogne, France, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

British Expeditionary Force in Rouen, France, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914)

The Coldstream Guards at Landrecies, August, 1914, 1915 (1928). Artist: William Barnes Wollen
The Coldstream Guards at Landrecies, August, 1914, 1915 (1928). Painting held at the National Army Museum, London. From The Wonder Book of Soldiers for Boys and Girls, edited by Harry Golding. [Ward

The first units of the British Expeditionary Force in Boulogne, Northern France, 1914 (1920). Illustration from The Illustrated War Record of the Most Notable Episodes in the Great European War

Sir Charles Hardinge, Sir Arthur Nicolson and General Sir John French, 1908. Artist: Queen Alexandra
Sir Charles Hardinge, Sir Arthur Nicolson and General Sir John French, 1908. Charles Hardinge (1858-1944), later Baron Hardinge of Penshurst

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