Imperial War Museums

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  • On board HMS Queen Elizabeth during the Gallipoli

    A general view of men on board HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH as they travel through 'The Narrows' in the Dardanelles Straits on their way to Gallipoli. Several ... (read more)

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  • French Infantry in Alsace 1914

    French infantry in action during their brief offensive in Alsace. Battle: Battle of Alsace, Battle of the Frontiers Additional information from crowdsourcing workshop: Maybe set-up, early ... (read more)

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  • Royal Army Ordinance Corps supply dump in Acheux

    Equipment: Four men of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps playing cards on a dump of trench mortar ammunition (known to British troops as 'toffee apples') at ... (read more)

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  • Wounded soldiers and NCOs of the Grenadier Guards

    Original caption: Wounded British troops wearing German helmets outside a Casualty Clearing Station at Heilly, September 1916. Additional information: Grenadier Guards, Fusilier Regiment. Two Guards are ... (read more)

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  • Mark 1 Female Tank in the region of Flers Courcell

    Original caption: The first official photograph taken of a Tank going into action, at theBattle of Flers-Courcelette, 15th September 1916. The man shown is wearing a ... (read more)

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  • Russian Infantry Marching Along the Waterfront

    Russian infantry marching along the waterfront after landing at Salonika, 30 July 1916. (read more)

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  • Recruits being paid in Trafalgar Square 1914

    The Forces at Home: Army recruits line up to receive their pay from a table set up in the open behind some railings in Trafalgar Square. ... (read more)

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  • Workers in the Municiple Kitchen

    Workers in the Municipal Kitchen set up in the Hammersmith Public Baths and Wash-Houses, Lime Grove, London on 10 September 1917. The kitchen could produce 30,000 ... (read more)

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  • Bomb Damage British Home Front

    Air Raids and Bomb Damage: Damage to buildings in Albert Street, King's Lynn caused by the first airship raid on 19-20 January 1915. The bombs were ... (read more)

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  • The Lord Mayor with General Corbett

    The Lord Mayor with General Corbett watching the National Guard drilling outside the Guildhall, London. (read more)

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  • Short Seaplane landing in Salonika Harbour, 1916

    Short seaplane of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) landing in the harbour at Salonika, 1916. (read more)

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  • Proclamation from the Citadel in Jerusalem

    From the steps of the Citadel in Jerusalem, General Allenby reading a Proclamation "To the inhabitants of Jerusalem the blessed and the people dwelling in its ... (read more)

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  • W Beach, later known as Lancashire Landing.

    Original caption: W Beach, later known as Lancashire Landing. Additional information from crowdsourcing workshop: Late summer or early autumn 1915. Military Unit: 29th Division, Royal Naval ... (read more)

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  • Bomb damage to Central Telegraph Office

    In the aftermath of the second German daylight Gotha raid on London, crowds watch as smoke pours from the roof of the Central Telegraph Office, struck ... (read more)

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  • The Outbreak of the First World War, 1914

    Crowds outside Buckingham Palace cheer King George, Queen Mary and the Prince of Wales (who can just be seen on the balcony) following the Declaration of ... (read more)

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  • Pankhurst's arrest outside Buckingham Palace

    The leader of the Women's Suffragette movement, Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst is arrested by Superintendant Rolfe outside Buckingham Palace, London while trying to present a petition to ... (read more)

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  • Munition Works of Waring and Gillow, 1917

    King George V receives a rousing welcome when he visits the munition works of Waring & Gillow, Lancaster, 1917. NTB 329-1 (read more)

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  • Saint Paul's Cathedral, 1917

    Saint Paul's Cathedral, 1917. Footage from a Spanish-language version of a British propaganda film on the effects of German air raids on London, IWM 443. (read more)

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  • Liverpool Street Station, 1917

    Liverpool Street Station, 1917. Footage from a Spanish-language version of a British propaganda film on the effects of German air raids on London, IWM 443. (read more)

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  • Houses in Holborn, 1917

    A fifteenth century house in Holborn, 1917. Footage from a Spanish-language version of a British propaganda film on the effects of German air raids on London. ... (read more)

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  • Burgoyne Road, Brixton, London, 1917

    Houses in Burgoyne Road, Brixton, gutted by bombs, 1917. Footage from a Spanish-language version of a British propaganda film on the effects of German air raids ... (read more)

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  • Albany Road, Bermondsey, 1917

    Air raid damage to a small dairy in Bermondsey, 1917. Footage from a Spanish-language version of a British propaganda film on the effects of German air ... (read more)

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  • WAR WORKERS IN THE WEST COUNTRY

    Women war workers from the small West Country arms factory of J & F Pool Ltd in Hayle, Cornwall, which had produced one million trench mortar ... (read more)

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  • WAR WORKERS IN THE WEST COUNTRY

    Women war workers from the small West Country arms factory of J & F Pool Ltd in Hayle, Cornwall, which had produced one million trench mortar ... (read more)

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