The Great War

Very interesting studio photo of a British WWI soldier in 1914 pattern leather equipment and greatcoat - armed with a Japanese Arisaka M30 or 38 Carbine. Cannot determine regiment at the moment. (FTP)

Image: IWM (Q 58422) Bristol Scouts lined up at Eastchurch in 1915. Note early Union Jack markings.

~Lothar von Richthofen~

Image: IWM (Q 73774) A fine air to air shot of Bristol Scout D, No. 8980, piloted by Flight Sub Lieutenant Day RNAS, banking away to port. Flight Sub Lieutenant Day was killed at Ostend in 1917.

Lothar von Richthofen

The Great War

Image: IWM (Q 72558) An American tank driver in his Renault FT-17 tank.

Image: IWM (Q 114507) American barbers cutting children's hair at Bronville, (near Lyon) 4 May 1918.

Image: IWM (Q 61343) American assault troops going into action near Badonviller, 17 March 1918. Note their bags filled with hand granades.

Image: IWM (Q 70746) Lieutenant H. F. Phillips with the gun which fired the last shot on the American front. Laneuville-sur-Meuse, 11 November 1918.

Image: IWM (Q 11123) American troops marching past British officers at the Second Army's Fourth of August commemoration (beginning of the war) at Terdeghem, 4 August 1918.

Image: IWM (Q 9080) Training of the 77th American Division with the 39th British Division. An NCO of the 77th Division and a signaller at training. Near Moulle, 22 May 1918.

Image: IWM (Q 24073) American and French prisoners by a US Army ambulance, March-April 1918.

A British Splatter mask worn by a French tank gunner - 1918. The mask was designed to help protect the crewmember's face from shrapnel when looking through the view ports. The eye covers were metal, the mask was leather and there was a chainmail skirt to cover the mouth.

Relatively unknown author JRR Tolkien in uniform while serving with the British Army, 1916

A member of the Harlem Hellfighters (369th Infantry Regiment) poses for the camera while holding a puppy he saved during World War I, 1918.

Loading and firing the US 12-inch coastal defense mortar circa 1916.The idea was to attack a warship's weaker deck armor with plunging fire while the weapon remained protected however practical accuracy was low, hence the four-gun installation to increase hit probability.