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Panoramic photo of Gommecourt, May 1916

from The National Archives UK

  • Martin Cauchon said:
    That's photography!
  • ir0ny said:
    That gives me goosebumps thinking about what happened there 100 years ago tomorrow. It looks completely flat without a scrap of cover.
  • Simon Jones_ said:
    Thank you making these resources available online. There something awry with the description, it doesn't show the area Montauban to La Boisselle and it would have been taken by the Royal Engineers, not the London Rifle Brigade.
  • The National Archives UK said:
    Simon Jones_ Thank you for your comments; we have amended the description accordingly. Best wishes.

1A1182101_283348VI018

from Université de Caen Normandie

  • Eric M (Pentaxiste) said:
    vue très intéressante sur un village fortement détruit durant la grand guerre.

British field kitchen (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Art Siegel said:
    The Imperial War Museum site identifies this photo as being taken by Lt. Ernest Brooks, and is captioned: "Troops gather around field kitchens and dug-outs in 'Sausage Valley', 26 May 1917." www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205078000
  • Art Siegel said:
    The etymology of Sausage Valley and Mash Valley: "The area also had geographical features that had importance during the Somme battles. The road is higher than the ground to the left (north) of it, and that valley was called Mash Valley. To the right (or south) of la Boiselle is another valley called Sausage valley. The latter may have been named after a German observation balloon (or 'sauasage') which flew there, although there are also suggestions that the appearance of the contour lines on the map led to the name. After Sausage Valley was named, it was perhaps inevitable that the valley to its north would be named 'Mash'!" www.ww1battlefields.co.uk/somme/laboiselle.html
  • Art Siegel said:
    About Brooks: "Ernest Brooks (23 February 1878 — after 1936) was a British photographer, best known for his war photography from the First World War. He was the first official photographer to be appointed by the British military, and produced several thousand images between 1915 and 1918, more than a tenth of all British official photographs taken during the war." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Brooks_(photographer)
  • B-59 said:
    This photo appeared in The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, July 08, 1917, SECTION FIVE, Image 63. The caption is: "British field kitchens prepared food for the troops on fighting ground during the recent advance. Shell holes were frequently found as good shelter as a trench." oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1917-07-08/ed-1/se...
  • Karen (LOC P&P) said:
    Art Siegel and B-59: Thanks for all of this information. We'll add some of it to the catalog record next time we update.