surreyyeomanry

2 photos tagged surreyyeomanry, from 1 member of Flickr Commons.

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1915

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Art Siegel said:
This is a photograph by Lt. Ernest Brooks, title at the Imperial War Museum site as: "Troops of the Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment) after an attack near Vermand, 21st April 1917. They were engaged here with the Germans for two days before the infantry came up." www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205077774
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)

Art Siegel said:
Caulaincourt, France, April 21, 1917.
This photo appears on the Imperial War Museum site with the following information:
"THE GERMAN WITHDRAWAL TO THE HINDENBURG LINE, MARCH-APRIL 1917, part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION FIRST WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)

Brooks, Ernest (Lieutenant) (Photographer) 1917-04-21

Troops of the Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment) passing through the ruined village of Caulaincourt, 21st April 1917."

www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205077771

THE GERMAN WITHDRAWAL TO THE HINDENBURG LINE, MARCH-APRIL 1917© IWM (Q 2076)