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British Tommy bringing up shells to the guns
British Tommy bringing up shells to the guns
Young soldier transporting shells, Messines, Belgium, 1917. A young soldier wearing a German helmet is pushing a wheelbarrow full of shells down a dusty road. Behind him are another two soldiers, one holding a shell. The landscape is fully visible. The derogatory term for a German, 'Boche', or 'Bosch' originates from the French slang 'alboche', derived from 'Allemand' (German) and 'caboche' (p…
Contributors
- Ernest, British official photographer Brooks
Subject
- Shells (ammunition)
- Soldiers
- Transportation
- Wheelbarrows
- Transport
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- Ernest, British official photographer Brooks
Subject
- Shells (ammunition)
- Soldiers
- Transportation
- Wheelbarrows
- Transport
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Available under Creative Commons license; Attribution, Non-commercial, ShareAlike
Issue date
- 2005
- 1917
- 1917
- 2005
Places
- Europe, Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Mesen (inhabited place)
Identifier
- 74545938
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
- 1917
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T12:16:08.712Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:45:16.044Z