File:NLS Haig - Smashed up German trench on Messines Ridge with dead.jpg

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DescriptionNLS Haig - Smashed up German trench on Messines Ridge with dead.jpg

English: This is a disturbing image of a destroyed German trench. In the foreground the limp bodies of dead German soldiers lie amidst the rubble. It is difficult to distinguish the soldiers from the chaos around them, but four bodies are clearly visible. One man, wearing a helmet, has been pushed forward by the blast and, although dead, appears to crouch forward. The entire scene is a maelstrom of mud, splintered wood and dead bodies.

Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. Smashed up German trench on Messines Ridge with dead.'

Photographs from the Haig "Official Photographs" series

Date

1917

Source

This image is available from the National Library of Scotland under the sequence number or Shelfmark ID D.1520. You can see this image in its original context, along with the rest of the Library's digital collections, under digital.nls.uk/74547058 in the NLS Digital Gallery

Author



Alternative names	Warwick Brooke
Description	British photographer, war photographer, photojournalist and military officer
Date of birth/death	30 May 1886	9 March 1929
Location of birth/death		Uxbridge
Authority file	: Q29267899 VIAF: 309662904 ULAN: 500524793 GND: 1055008535

creator QS:P170,Q29267899

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It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
It was published prior to 1976; or
It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1976.

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