Record

Repository	Archives of the Archbishop of Westminster
Ref No	AAW/DOW/AP/6/11/3/5
Title	Soldiers with ammunition waggons preparing for battle
Date	1917
Level	Item
Description	Dark sepia image of soldiers and ammunition wagons preparing for battle. The caption reads 'A scene in newly-captured ground. Ammunition waggons going up whilst gunners are getting a big gun into a new advance position for bombarding the Boche.' (The word 'Boche' is a derogatory term which was used during the First World War as a collective term for German soldiers). Previous ref D.2153 Image size 145 mm x 192 mm
Format	Photograph

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