Members of the Harlem-based 369th Regiment arriving in New York after fighting in World War I, 1919.
Originally uploaded by bobster1985
From the New York Public Library collection.
Uploaded by bobster1985 on 17 Apr 08, 2.57AM CDT.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Members of the Harlem-based 369th Regiment arriving in New York after fighting in World War I, 1919.
Members of the Harlem-based 369th Regiment arriving in New York after fighting in World War I, 1919.
Originally uploaded by bobster1985
From the New York Public Library collection.
Uploaded by bobster1985 on 17 Apr 08, 2.57AM CDT.
Provost Office with Motorcycles
Real-photo postcard showing the Provost office for the U. S. military in France. The soldiers are posing outside the office on a motorcycle. There are several bicycles in the background. This is a real "slice of life" in a French town during the First World War period.
Scan processed with GIMP.
Uploaded by RV Bob on 18 Apr 08, 2.32AM
Scan processed with GIMP.
Uploaded by RV Bob on 18 Apr 08, 2.32AM
1914-18
Photograph of my grandfather (far left) and other British soldiers in a military hospital, in 1916 I believe.
Uploaded by sjcprojects on 23 Apr 08, 7.01PM CDT.
Uploaded by sjcprojects on 23 Apr 08, 7.01PM CDT.
Dispatch riders on bicycle and motorbike
Dispatch riders on bicycle and motorbike
Frits Wiersma at the left, on a bicycle designed to make speed. (Compare his handlebar with that of the sergeant (?) at the right.)
Real Photo postcard
Some notes on The Netherlands and WW1
The Netherlands stayed officially neutral in 1914-1918. But only just. In general the population was pro-German or better anti-English. A legacy ot the Boer-War in South Africa, 15 years before.
During the war 500.000 Dutch men were mobilized. The country counted many refugees, mostly Belgian. The international trade, a very important source of income, came almost to a standstill. Many people lost their jobs.
Food and fuel had to be distributed. It was a time of great poverty. In 1918 in The Netherlands 17.400 people died of the Spanish Flu. An illness which was not caused by the war but surely hastened.
In 1917 the universal male suffrage was introduced in The Netherlands. In 1919 followed by the universal women's suffrage.
Uploaded by letterlust on 5 May 08, 5.46AM CDT.
Frits Wiersma at the left, on a bicycle designed to make speed. (Compare his handlebar with that of the sergeant (?) at the right.)
Real Photo postcard
Some notes on The Netherlands and WW1
The Netherlands stayed officially neutral in 1914-1918. But only just. In general the population was pro-German or better anti-English. A legacy ot the Boer-War in South Africa, 15 years before.
During the war 500.000 Dutch men were mobilized. The country counted many refugees, mostly Belgian. The international trade, a very important source of income, came almost to a standstill. Many people lost their jobs.
Food and fuel had to be distributed. It was a time of great poverty. In 1918 in The Netherlands 17.400 people died of the Spanish Flu. An illness which was not caused by the war but surely hastened.
In 1917 the universal male suffrage was introduced in The Netherlands. In 1919 followed by the universal women's suffrage.
Uploaded by letterlust on 5 May 08, 5.46AM CDT.
Italian Artillery Position - Bovec, Slovenia
Outflanked and abandoned when the Austro Hungarian army defeated the Italian 2nd Army at Caporetto, 1917.
Uploaded by phil_curme on 11 May 08, 6.53PM CDT.
Uploaded by phil_curme on 11 May 08, 6.53PM CDT.
Sarajevo
Gavrilo Princip started World War I from this place.
Uploaded by Rapsak on 14 May 08, 12.48PM CDT.
Uploaded by Rapsak on 14 May 08, 12.48PM CDT.
Lieutenant John Kipling
Headstone of Lieutenant John Kipling, only son of Rudyard Kipling. St Mary's Advanced Dressing Station Cemetery, Loos. May 2008.
www.warwalker.co.uk/index.shtml
See where this picture was taken. [?]
Uploaded by markkilner on 22 May 08, 6.23AM CDT
www.warwalker.co.uk/index.shtml
See where this picture was taken. [?]
Uploaded by markkilner on 22 May 08, 6.23AM CDT
Memorial Cross - The Somme WW1
On the right the memorial cross outside Longueval, commemorating the 12th battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment (Bristol`s Own) with High Wood on the skyline.
And on the left a photocard produced for my local church, St Michael and All Angels at Windmill Hill, Bristol in order to commemorate the anniversary of the end of the Great War. The image is courtesy of Soren Hawkes MA.
The church WW1 Roll of Honour is here:
stmichael.instabook.com/rollhon.htm
Norman
The Battle of the Somme began on the 1st July 1916 and the Battalion was moved back there on July 20th. By the end of the month they were in the line facing Delville Wood or `Devil's Wood` as it had already become known. `Bristol's Own` received their first blooding in trench warfare, when on the 3rd September 1916 they attacked the German positions in an area known as Wedge Wood. This attack required the Battalion to advance in daylight over a distance of one and a half miles, in full view of the enemy and as a target for the murderous machine-gun and artillery fire. The attack was successful in the terms of the First World War but the cost to the `Bristol's` was horrendous for in this brief action one officer and 44 men were killed and another 48 were missing. Six officers and 225 other ranks were wounded. From a total of 913 men, 324 had been killed or injured in their first full action. Such was the Battle of the Somme.
Uploaded by shipscompass on 7 Jun 08, 8.00AM CDT.
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And on the left a photocard produced for my local church, St Michael and All Angels at Windmill Hill, Bristol in order to commemorate the anniversary of the end of the Great War. The image is courtesy of Soren Hawkes MA.
The church WW1 Roll of Honour is here:
stmichael.instabook.com/rollhon.htm
Norman
The Battle of the Somme began on the 1st July 1916 and the Battalion was moved back there on July 20th. By the end of the month they were in the line facing Delville Wood or `Devil's Wood` as it had already become known. `Bristol's Own` received their first blooding in trench warfare, when on the 3rd September 1916 they attacked the German positions in an area known as Wedge Wood. This attack required the Battalion to advance in daylight over a distance of one and a half miles, in full view of the enemy and as a target for the murderous machine-gun and artillery fire. The attack was successful in the terms of the First World War but the cost to the `Bristol's` was horrendous for in this brief action one officer and 44 men were killed and another 48 were missing. Six officers and 225 other ranks were wounded. From a total of 913 men, 324 had been killed or injured in their first full action. Such was the Battle of the Somme.
Uploaded by shipscompass on 7 Jun 08, 8.00AM CDT.
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Redipuglia_E_Dintorni_Preserved_Trenches
Uploaded by phil_curme on 11 May 08, 3.23PM CDT.
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Slovenia
the first Great war
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in the set called
Italy
Slovenia
the first Great war
WW1 trench
Base XXXV:3 (1915) (Päiväläisen puisto, Reimarlia, Helsinki, Finland)
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Uploaded by hugovk on 17 Jun 08, 12.33PM CDT
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Uploaded by hugovk on 17 Jun 08, 12.33PM CDT
Quiet Field
This scene is taken looking down from the Ulster Memorial near Thiepval. Now so quiet but in 1916 the Western Front ran straight through the field and on the 1st July thousands of soldiers from both sides lost there lives.
Uploaded by markescapes on 17 Jul 08, 1.08AM CDT.
Uploaded by markescapes on 17 Jul 08, 1.08AM CDT.
Warlincourt Halte Cemetry
Warlincourt Halte War Graves , Somme, France.
I have just spent a couple of days visiting some of the war graves and sites from the Battle of the Somme. It's difficult to come to come to terms with the fact that over a million men perished in this quiet countryside , and just 92 years ago this week.
Uploaded by markescapes on 4 Jul 08, 2.26PM CDT
I have just spent a couple of days visiting some of the war graves and sites from the Battle of the Somme. It's difficult to come to come to terms with the fact that over a million men perished in this quiet countryside , and just 92 years ago this week.
Uploaded by markescapes on 4 Jul 08, 2.26PM CDT
Poppies on the Somme
Nikon D40 | Nikon 18-55mm @ 18mm | ƒ4 | 1/800s | ISO200 | Handheld
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Uploaded by Benjamin Edwards on 18 Jul 08, 2.55AM CDT.
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Uploaded by Benjamin Edwards on 18 Jul 08, 2.55AM CDT.
World War I trench, outside of Helsinki, Finland
WW1 trench, XXXI:2. Set: Base XXXI (1915) (Espoo, Finland).
Uploaded by Sameli on 19 Jul 08, 2.29PM CDT.
Uploaded by Sameli on 19 Jul 08, 2.29PM CDT.
settling some thoughts about the first world war
After finding one hundred and nine photos in an album taken by a WWI soldier, I studied them carefully and found my curiosity for the men who lived through it and was able to celebrate when it came to an end. I have learned that the war was personal and unforgiving and changed the people who lived during that time.
Even after living during the times of Vietnam War, Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq wars along with the Civil Rights violence... the World Wars seem closer now. They aren't stories of walking to school with the dinosaurs like Grandpa tells... they are not exaggerated at all. The details are barely mentioned. Everyone likes to make like they forget.
But it still lives... today.
Even after living during the times of Vietnam War, Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq wars along with the Civil Rights violence... the World Wars seem closer now. They aren't stories of walking to school with the dinosaurs like Grandpa tells... they are not exaggerated at all. The details are barely mentioned. Everyone likes to make like they forget.
But it still lives... today.
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