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Scene on a canal
Scene on a canal
Three soldiers are sitting astride a fallen tree overhanging a canal. They are wrapping barbed wire around it, probably to stop it being used as cover. The man on the left has the shoulder badge 'RE', of the Royal Engineers, on his shoulder. There are overseas service stripes on his right cuff; these were introduced early in 1918. The Royal Engineers were responsible for work such as bridges, r…
Contributors
- John Warwick Brooke
Subject
- Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
- Barbed wire
- Canals
- Soldiers
- Trees
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- John Warwick Brooke
Subject
- Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
- Barbed wire
- Canals
- Soldiers
- Trees
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
- 1914 - 1920
- 1914/1920
- 2005
Places
- Europe, France (nation )
Identifier
- 74547570
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T12:17:13.855Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:45:21.215Z