Oldham Historical Research Group

'THE GREAT WAR',     'THE WAR TO END WAR',     'WORLD WAR 1'
'What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
- Only the monstrous anger of the guns.'
                                                                                                  
from 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' by Wilfred Owen

1914 - 1918

A SELECTION OF IMAGES FROM THE DIGITAL ARCHIVES OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

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Artillery position

"Artillery position showing guns,
ammunition shells, sandbags, and
lean-tos"

German soldiers firing at attacking French troops from prone position

"German soldiers firing at attacking
French troops from prone position"

Abandoned British trench

"Abandoned British trench which
was captured by the Germans;
in background, German soldiers
on horseback view the scene."

Belgian wounded, Antwerp hospital

"Belgian wounded,
Antwerp hospital 1915"

Blimp, Zeppelin No. 3, on ground, spectators

"Blimp, Zeppelin No. 3, on ground, spectators"

Austrian Big Gun

"Austrian Big Gun"

 

Belgian Captain aviator at the front

"Belgian Captain aviator at the front Copr. F. J. L."

"Britain's ever-growing Navy:
a huge destroyer on the stocks
in a naval ship-building yard"

British armored autos in France

"British armored autos in France"

A British heavy gun in action

"A British heavy gun in action"

Three British soldiers in trench under fire during World War I

"Three British soldiers in trench
under fire during World War I"

British Western Front in France. German prisoners

"British Western Front in France.
German prisoners"

Captured German guns, Place de la Concorde, Paris, France

"Captured German guns,
Place de la Concorde, Paris, France"

Corner of the battlefield near Arras

"Corner of the battlefield near Arras"

English gun taken at Ypres

"English gun taken at Ypres"

English Nurses entraining at London

"English Nurses boarding train at
in London, 1914/1915"

English soldiers buried, Versailles

"English soldiers buried, Versailles"

Loading a British gun

Loading a British gun
in concealed shelter

A French departure trench just before zero hour

"A French departure trench
just before zero hour"

French Renault tanks going through Vaux

"French Renault tanks
going through Vaux"

German Poster

"German Poster"

German Card 1914

"German Card 1914"

"Britons, shoulder to shoulder. ... Get into the factory line & feed the firing line"

"Britons, shoulder to shoulder
. ...Get into the factory line
& feed the firing line"

"Mercedes car captured by French"

"Mercedes car captured by French"

"No Man's Land - once a a forest in 'Flander's Fields'."

"Peasants in re-taken Somme - after Germans left."

"Peasants in re-taken Somme
- after Germans left."

"British Red Cross ambulance in French service. Northern France"

"British Red Cross ambulance in
French service. Northern France"

Red Cross. Soldiers receiving medical attention

"Red Cross.
Soldiers receiving medical attention"

Remains of a raider, one of the Zeppelins brought down on English soil

"Remains of a raider,
one of the Zeppelins brought down
on English soil"

One of the notorious U-boats stranded on the south coast of England after surrender

"One of the notorious U-boats
stranded on the south coast of
England after surrender"

Women help to strengthen the Navy: feminine ship-builders

"Women help to
strengthen the Navy:
feminine ship-builders"

women in war

"Two women putting the finishing
polish on a warship's propeller,
at a shipyard, England"
&
"Women in an English munition factory"

Ypres, Belgium, 1919

"Ypres, Belgium, 1919"

British Recruitment Posters

British Recruitment Posters

British Recruitment Poster

British Recruitment Poster

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