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France
From album: WWI Photograph Album - France
Accession Description: Photograph Album of 22/318 Staff Nurse Elfrida Anne Parkinson.
The album covers a hospital somewhere in France - medical staff and nurses - cookhouse - medical wards.
Accession No.: 1990.1717.1
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Western Front
A view of a Communication Trench leading to the Reserve Line at Bois Grenier
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England, Egypt, Gallipoli and Western Front
Elements of the 2nd Field Company, NZE gather on the light pontoon bridge they have constructed over the Ismailia Canal, February 1916 for the manoeuvres taking place. On the other bank can be seen the pontoon carriages that are used to transport the pontoons
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Western Front
From album: WWI Photograph Album - Western Front
Accession Description: Photograph Album of 6/508 Lieutenant Kenneth Cameron Clayton, 4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade (NZRB).
The album covers:
- Houplines, route to the trenches
- Road near Armentieres
- Communication trenches near Armentieres
- Armentieres taken from the roof of a school
- A communication trench
- A corner in Houplines, church on the right
- Front line Chards Farm salient, sandbags in front are covering gas cylinders
- The remains of Houplines Church on the way to the trenches
- A travel trench back of Chards Farm, front line
- Houplines
- Armentieres taken morning after bombardment July 1916
- Armentieres same place
- Lieutenant Price and LieutenantMawley
- Road near Armentieres
- NZ Soldiers having tea in the trenches
- Kenneth in the trenches
- McLelland, Jones, Ziegler, Henderson, Rabone, Clayton, Price and Mawley
- Kenneth in an old chateau, Armentieres
- Kenneth in the trenches
- August 1916 in France
- K A Henderson
- C & D Company 4th NZ Rifle Brigade officers in field in Ebblinghem
- K A Henderson outside a dugout in reserve trenches
- K R Saxon and K A Henderson
- Henderson, Sazon and Jones in a communication trench
- Meikle in communication trench
- Inside a dugout in reserve trenches
- Meikle in communication trench
- Dugout in reserve trenches
- Near front line, Lt F R Waring
- Officers dugout in close support line, Chards farm salient, Lt J Price
- Front line trenches looking back
- French farm
- Armentieres, morning after bombardment
- Mine explosion in Rue le Bois salient, searching for dead
- Looking back towards Messines ridge
- A dud German shell
- Lt G Mawley
- Ready to let of gas in Chards Farm salient
- Officers dugout in close support line, note the roof
- Lt Mawley looking out for rats out of window of his dugout
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Accession No.: 2007.183
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MEDALS SHIFT VENUES AMID INSTITUTIONAL RIFT
Lord Ashcroft's medal collection of 230 Victoria Crosses and George Crosses moved from Imperial War Museum to National Army Museum after gallery closed Sept 30.
#MedalCollection, #ImperialWarMuseum, #NationalArmyMuseum, #VictoriaCross, #GeorgeCross
https://newsletter.tf/lord-ashcroft-medals-move-iwm-national-army-museum/
Around 230 Victoria Crosses and George Crosses from Lord Ashcroft's collection have moved to the National Army Museum. This collection was on display at the Imperial War Museum for 15 years.
#MedalCollection, #ImperialWarMuseum, #NationalArmyMuseum, #VictoriaCross, #GeorgeCross
https://newsletter.tf/lord-ashcroft-medals-move-iwm-national-army-museum/
World’s largest private Victoria Cross collection finds new home at National Army Museum
I'm delighted to be back at the @NAM_London #NationalArmyMuseum at midday on 24 Feb 2023, this time talking abt #TheWomenWhoFlewForHitler. Link to tickets below… #WW2history #FemalePilots #WW2pilots #TestPilots #WomenInWar
https://www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/women-who-flew-hitler