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371 photos and 64 illustrations tagged british, from 26 members of Flickr Commons.

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• wwi
• worldwarone
• ww1
• greatwar
• thegreatwar
• firstworldwar
• 19141918
• war
• xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11
• worldwari
• libraryofcongress
• organization:library=nationallibraryofscotland
• owner:name=nationallibraryofscotland
• nls:source=solrxml
• aviation
• nls:dodprojectid=74462370
• photographicprints
• worldwar1
• warphotography
• soldiers
• britain
• sdasm
• aeronautics
• publicdomain

Members using this tag

• The Library of Congress 100 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Scotland 94 photos & illustrations
• SDASM Archives 84 photos & illustrations
• British Library 55 photos & illustrations
• IWM Collections 32 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Medicine 12 photos & illustrations
• Archives of the Law Society of Ontario 10 photos & illustrations
• State Library of New South Wales 8 photos & illustrations
• New York Public Library 6 photos & illustrations
• North East Museums 6 photos & illustrations
• Smithsonian Institution 5 photos & illustrations
• Museum of Photographic Arts 3 photos & illustrations

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Decorating a grave (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Art Siegel said:

  This is a cropped version of a photo by John Warwick Brooke, displayed on the Imperial War Museum site with the caption
  
  "A British soldier tending the graves of the fallen near Blangy, 3 May 1917."
  
  www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205237435
  
  Another photo from the same place:
  www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205237436
  
  THE BATTLE OF ARRAS, APRIL-MAY 1917© IWM (Q 5290)

• Ryan (LOC P&P) said:

  Thanks for your research Art Siegel. We'll add some of the information to the record the next time we update.

Henry James O'Farrell after his assassination attempt on the Duke of Edinburgh in Sydney, ca.1868

from State Library of New South Wales

• beachcomber australia said:

  I think O'Farrell might be double r's... adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ofarrell-henry-james-4322 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_O%27Farrell There is an utterly ordinary small concrete memorial near the sewage U-bend at Clontarf, NSW, where the drama happened. Blink and you would miss it - streetview - goo.gl/maps/txMcDRbqEnuonX8L9

• Andy Brill said:

  Grave of William Vial - Hero of Clontarf who saved the life of Duke of Edinburgh:

British building railroad (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Art Siegel said:

  From the Imperial War Museum site:
  "THE BATTLE OF PASSCHENDAELE, JULY-NOVEMBER 1917
  
  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION FIRST WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Brooke, John Warwick (Lieutenant) (Photographer) 1917-07-28
  
  British troops laying a light railway line near Boesinghe, 28 July 1917.
  
  www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205237817
  
  
  THE BATTLE OF PASSCHENDAELE, JULY-NOVEMBER 1917© IWM (Q 5708)

• Jon (LOC P&P) said:

  Thanks Art Siegel for finding this photo at the Imperial War Museum. We'll add this information to our photo's description.