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An information treasure trove for Scotland National Library of Scotland is an information treasure trove of Scotland’s knowledge, history and culture, with millions of books, manuscripts, newspapers, magazines and maps covering every subject. More ...

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Members of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry outside one of their huts

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  • simon o'corra said:
    Can I use this image in my new book Human Images of World War One?
  • anidvest said:
    A second correection. There was one fatalitl: Eveline Shaw died in August 1918 while attached to the French Army. She is buried in Sézanne.
  • Tim Franklin said:
    Lilian A.M. Franklin, CO FANY (OBE), is second from the left. She was my Great Great Aunt. Amazing woman.
  • Pete-Williamson said:
    This bears no resemblance whatsoever to a Nissen hut or to a Quonset hut.

Stunter, the clever mascot of the Tank Corps who, owing to his experience gained by riding about in Tanks, can balance himself on the bars of a motor-bicycle

from National Library of Scotland

  • dullshick said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Public Domain -- Government Sources, and we'd love to have this added to the group! Fascinating photos!
  • Jack said:
    This is an incredible photograph, given the time and circumstances under which it was captured......:)
  • incredible face said:
    The Douglas motorcycle was reckoned to be one of the more stable machines for those awful roads
  • Flickr said:
    Congrats on Explore! ⭐ January 15, 2024

British gun going to its position, Battle of Flanders, Ypres, Belgium, 1914

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  • SASH155 said:
    Apparently this was a 7.5in (190mm) Mk. III naval gun used on a static siege mount to shell Nieuport in Belgium. 14 of them were salvaged from the pre-dreadnaught battleship Swiftsure when it was decommissioned in 1917, with some going to coastal defense in Britain and a few for siege work in Belgium along the coast there. However, I must confess that this gun looks larger than 7.5 inch, perhaps a 9.2 inch or even a 12 inch spare barrel for a rail road gun.
  • Harry said:
    Not so much a tractor, something that hardly existed at the time, more a steam-powered traction engine.
  • phrawggmak said:
    that gun isn't big enough. they should go back to base and try harder.
  • Max Schmitt said:
    It's only the barrel.
  • incredible face said:
    It Appears to be a Foster Daimler tractor, a 105hp petrol engine driving through a reverse cone clutch and gearbox, with 2 forward speeds and one reverse, , the same sleeve valve engine went on to power the early tanks www.alamy.com/soldiers-with-a-daimler-foster-tractor-ww1-...

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