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How the birds are sent up the line
How the birds are sent up the line
This photograph shows two soldiers with motorbikes. Each has a wicker basket strapped to his back. A third man is putting a pigeon in one of the baskets. In the background there are two mobile pigeon lofts and a number of tents. The soldier in the middle has the grenade badge of the Royal Engineers over the chevrons which show he is a sergeant. He is also wearing a pale arm band, which seems co…
Contributors
- David, British official photographer McLellan
Subject
- Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
- Bicycles
- Homing pigeons
- Soldiers
- Tents
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- David, British official photographer McLellan
Subject
- Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers
- Bicycles
- Homing pigeons
- Soldiers
- Tents
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
- 1916 - 1918
- 1916/1918
- 2005
Identifier
- 74548780
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
- 2014-04-06T12:19:08.411Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:45:39.860Z