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Tommy washing in a shell hole
Tommy washing in a shell hole
A laughing young soldier who has clearly just washed his hair with the muddy water from a puddle that has collected in the bottom of a shell hole. The light hearted image does not show the reality that the water was liable to be polluted with corpses, sewage and rubbish. To view this scene in perspective, it is worth remembering that at this period, many rural households in Britain had no insid…
Subject
- Craters
- Shells (ammunition)
- Soldiers
- Washing (cleaning)
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Subject
- Craters
- Shells (ammunition)
- Soldiers
- Washing (cleaning)
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
Identifier
- 74549500
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
- 2014-04-06T13:22:42.220Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:46:07.942Z