Trenches Collection

Attack of the Ulster Division, 1 July 1916, (c1930). Creator: James Prinsep Beadle
Attack of the Ulster Division, 1 July 1916, (c1930). Scene from the Battle of the Somme in northern France during the First World War

How Piper Laidlaw won the Victoria Cross on September 25, 1915, (c1920). Creator
How Piper Laidlaw won the Victoria Cross on September 25, 1915, (c1920). Playing the 7th Kings Own Scottish Borderers out of their trenches at the Battle of Loos in the midst of the gas attack

Soldiers playing cards in the trenches, First World War, c1916, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Soldiers playing cards in the trenches, First World War, c1916, (c1920). An Interval of Peace: British bomb-gun section enjoying a hand at cards while the sentries keep watch through the periscopes

Battle of the Somme, First World War, July 1916, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Battle of the Somme, First World War, July 1916, (c1920). Map of northern France showing Successive Stages of Advance at the Fricourt Salient...British line in black, Enemy Defences [Germans] in red

Map showing approximately the area gained on the Thiepval Ridge... 1916, (c1920)
Map showing approximately the area gained on the Thiepval Ridge between September 14 and October 31, 1916, (c1920). The British line in northern France during the Battle of the Somme

Hooded British Territorials charging the German Trenches at Loos, September 25th, 1915, 1916. British troops in gas masks charged German trenches at the Battle of Loos on the Western Front

First line Gurkhas storming and capturing a German trench, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Crown
First line Gurkhas storming and capturing a German trench, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The Campbells are Coming! Brave Pipers Playing Highland Regiments to Victory, 1917
" The Campbells are Coming!" Brave Pipers Playing Highland Regiments to Victory, 1917. The tune of the The Campbells Are Coming was played by pipers at the Battle of Delville Wood

Fanning gas, 6 June 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Fanning gas, 6 June 1918 (date created or published later). American soldiers being trained to use Ayrton or trench fan to clear poisonous gases during World War I, Camp Kearny, California.

Wounded British in trench, 18 Aug 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Wounded British in trench, 18 Aug 1918. Wounded British soldiers of the 27th Brigade, 9th Division, in a trench at a regimental aid post near Outtersteene Ridge following the formation's

British clearing ground for Howitzer, between 1914 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
British clearing ground for Howitzer, between 1914 and 1918. British soldiers preparing place for a howitzer artillery piece, probably during World War I.

French trench barber, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
French trench barber, between c1915 and 1918. A French barber shaving a man in a trench during World War I.

U.S. troops in trench in France, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
U.S. troops in trench in France, 1917. American troops in France learning how to use grenade guns (tromblons) to fire grenades at German forces during World War I.

French put a mitrailleuse in position, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
French put a mitrailleuse in position, between c1915 and 1918. French soldiers placing machine gun on its tripod during World War I.

King George V sees trench bombing, 7 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
King George V sees trench bombing, 7 Jul 1917. Trench mortar bombardment during King George V's visit to the Gas School, Helfaut, France on July 7, 1917 during World War I.

Russians fight in France, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Russians fight in France, between c1915 and 1918. Russian soldiers near a dugout in the snow in France during World War I.

Tommy writing home after battle, 11 Jun 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
Tommy writing home after battle, 11 Jun 1917. A British officer, lying on the ground in a captured German trench in Oostaverne Wood, Belgium, writing a letter

France - in a front line trench, 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
France - in a front line trench, 1917. British troops in a trench in France during World War I.

German trenches on the Aisne, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
German trenches on the Aisne, between 1914 and c1915. German soldiers in trenches along the Aisne River in France during World War I.

Germans in Rus. [i.e. Russian] Poland, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Germans in Rus. [i.e. Russian] Poland, between c1910 and c1915. German soldiers during World War I.

The wood called Des Fermes in the Somme, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
The wood called Des Fermes in the Somme, between c1915 and c1920. Shows a battlefield with trenches and dead trees in the Somme, France during World War I.

Austrians in captured Russian Trench, Galicia, 29 June 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Austrians in captured Russian Trench, Galicia, 29 June 1915 (date created or published later). Austrian soldiers in a trench in Galicia (Eastern Europe) during World War I.

A quiet moment in German trenches, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
A quiet moment in German trenches, between 1914 and c1915. German soldiers smoking and reading in a trench in Flanders, Belgium, during World War I.

Germans at Berry-Au-Bac, Sept 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Germans at Berry-Au-Bac, Sept 1914 (date created or published later). German soldiers at Berry-Au-Bac, France during World War I.

Progress of the Waterworks at Menilmontant for the supply of Paris, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Progress of the Waterworks at Menilmontant for the supply of Paris, 1864. The problems of pollution of the River Seine, and of '...water not being obtainable in the upper stories of Parisian

U.S. infantry & machine gun men assigned in trenches, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service. U.S
U.S. infantry & machine gun men assigned in trenches, between c1915 and c1920. American soldiers in France during World War I.

Marines dig a trench (France), 23 Jan 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Marines dig a trench (France), 23 Jan 1918. American soldiers digging a trench in France during World War I.

First Aid Station, American Trenches, 1917 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
First Aid Station, American Trenches, 1917 and 1918. A first aid station near American trenches during World War I.

Moving dirt in trench (France), between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Moving dirt in trench (France), between c1915 and 1918. Men moving dirt in a trench in France during World War I.

French trench, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
French trench, 1918 (date created or published later).

Landwehr in trenches near Suwalki, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Landwehr in trenches near Suwalki, between 1914 and c1915. Soldiers in trenches near Suwalki, Poland during World War I.

Working German gun against Russians, between 1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Working German gun against Russians, between 1914 and c1915. German soldiers with machine gun during World War I.

French Dragoons entrenched, between c1914 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
French Dragoons entrenched, between c1914 and c1915. French dragoon cavalry soldiers during World War I.

Trois aquarelles du front; construction de reseaux barbeles dans une tranchee... 1916. Creator: Douy Pascault
Trois aquarelles du front; construction de reseaux barbeles dans une tranchee de premiere ligne (fevrier 1916). Au Nord-Est de Bethincourt, 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV

Notre attaque du 24 octobre 1916; Dans le secteur du bois Fumin, a midi trente: un poste de command Creator: Unknown
Notre attaque du 24 octobre 1916; Dans le secteur du bois Fumin, a midi trente: un poste de commandement s'installe dans la Grande Carriere

AI IMAGE - Illustration of a horse in a World War I battlefield setting, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Illustration of a horse in a World War I battlefield setting, 2023

AI IMAGE - Illustration of a horse in a World War I battlefield setting, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Illustration of a horse in a World War I battlefield setting, 2023

AI IMAGE - Illustration of a horse in a World War I battlefield setting, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Illustration of a horse in a World War I battlefield setting, 2023

AI IMAGE - Illustration of a horse in a World War 1 battlefield setting, 2023. Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Illustration of a horse in a World War I battlefield setting, 2023

In the Trenches, 1874. Creator: Alphonse de Neuville
In the Trenches, 1874. Members of the Garde Mobile (French expeditionary forces) are huddled in a shallow trench during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71

The British Push Into Flanders; Along the road from Ypres to Menin... 1917. Creator: Unknown
The British Push Into Flanders; Along the road from Ypres to Menin, on the morning of October 30, 1917: English troops from the Northern Counties await the signal for the attack during which they

In Snow on the Italian Front; December: the Piave valley, seen from a French trench.. 1917. Creator: Unknown
In Snow on the Italian Front; December: the Piave valley, seen from a French trench, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Hours of Victory; A trench held by Americans: first watch, on the evening of October 27... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Hours of Victory; A trench held by Americans: first watch, on the evening of October 27, 1917, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Sentry duty; The Colonel, inspecting his trenches during a night of high alert.. 1917. Creator: Unknown
Sentry duty; The Colonel, inspecting his trenches during a night of high alert. -- "Why aren't you at the first-aid post, getting treatment"

How to make a surprise attack; A prisoner brought back to our lines... 1917. Creator: Unknown
How to make a surprise attack; A prisoner brought back to our lines will be sent to the rear llines, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris

How to make a surprise attack; Before departure: men being despatched... 1917. Creator: Unknown
How to make a surprise attack; Before departure: men being despatched and, on the right, the lieutenant commanding them, 1917

Life in the trenches in Champagne; Calm: "correspondence and cigarettes, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Life in the trenches in Champagne; Calm: "correspondence and cigarettes", 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Life in the trenches in Champagne; Calm: "le pinard", 1917. Creator: Unknown
Life in the trenches in Champagne; Calm: "le pinard", 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

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