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After the War a Medal and Maybe a Job at Opposition to World War I, by John Sloan (edited by Durova) National Fund for the Welsh Troops at History of the United Kingdom during the First World War , by Frank Brangwyn (edited by Durova )
Brooks on the Western Front, 1917. Ernest Brooks (23 February 1876 – 1957) was a British photographer, best known for his war photography from the First World War. He was the first official photographer to be appointed by the British military, and produced several thousand images between 1915 and 1918, more than a tenth of all British official photographs taken during the war.
World War I [b] or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
Tommy is a statue of a First World War soldier by artist Ray Lonsdale, displayed close to Seaham war memorial, on Terrace Green by the seafront in Seaham, County Durham, in North East England. The corten steel statue weighs 1.2 tonnes (1.2 long tons; 1.3 short tons) and is 9 feet 5 inches (2.87 m) tall, with a rusty red patina. It depicts a ...
The coin was the first of a five-year series to commemorate the centennial of the war. [48] Use of Leete's image of Kitchener has been criticised by some for its pro-war connotation in light of the human losses of the First World War and the violence of Kitchener's campaign in Sudan. [49]
The first official attempts at war photography were made by the British government at the start of the Crimean War. In March 1854, Gilbert Elliott was commissioned to photograph views of the Russian fortifications along the coast of the Baltic Sea. [11] Roger Fenton was the first official war photographer and the first to attempt a systematic ...
Germany's Rheinmetall delivered Ukraine the first KF41 Lynx combat vehicle. The Lynx is one of the world's most advanced infantry fighting vehicles.
November 29, 1915 – Illustrated London News – The Ghostly Bowmen of Mons fight the Germans The Angels of Mons is one of many stories of the reputed appearance of a variety of supernatural entities which protected the British Army from defeat by the invading forces of the German Empire at the beginning of World War I during the Battle of Mons in Belgium on 23 August 1914.