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A field gun getting into a new position as we advance
A field gun getting into a new position as we advance

A field gun getting into a new position as we advance

Creator John Warwick Brooke (British,1886 - 1929)
CreatorPress Agency, Alfieri Picture Service (British)
Date1917
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions22 x 17 cm (8 11/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2008
Object number2008/8016
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Photo © AGO
LocationNot currently on display

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Image Not Available for A scene in newly-captured ground. Ammunition wagons going up whilst gunners are getting a big gun into a new advance position for bombarding the Boche
A scene in newly-captured ground. Ammunition wagons going up whilst gunners are getting a big gun into a new advance position for bombarding the Boche
John Warwick Brooke
1917
Photograph
Image Not Available for Pulling and jacking a field gun out of the mud to get it in a new position
Pulling and jacking a field gun out of the mud to get it in a new position
John Warwick Brooke
1917
Photograph
Image Not Available for British gunners swinging a field gun into action as they advance
British gunners swinging a field gun into action as they advance
John Warwick Brooke
1917
Photograph
Image Not Available for Getting ready to make up the roads as our troops advance. Trains bring the material as far as possible, and it is then transferred to steam lorries, of which many hundreds are employed
Getting ready to make up the roads as our troops advance. Trains bring the material as far as possible, and it is then transferred to steam lorries, of which many hundreds are employed
John Warwick Brooke
17/10/1917
Photograph
Image Not Available for Battle for Broodseinde. Tommy as a navvy. Busy breaking stones for roadmaking as we continue our advance
Battle for Broodseinde. Tommy as a navvy. Busy breaking stones for roadmaking as we continue our advance
John Warwick Brooke
October 1917
photograph
Image Not Available for A roadside scene as we advance
A roadside scene as we advance
John Warwick Brooke
1917
Photograph
Image Not Available for Visual signalling, this being possible as we advance
Visual signalling, this being possible as we advance
John Warwick Brooke
April 1917
Photograph
Image Not Available for The Battle of Pilckem Ridge. An advanced British 18 pounder RFA gun battery taking up new positions close to a communication trench near Boesinghe
The Battle of Pilckem Ridge. An advanced British 18 pounder RFA gun battery taking up new positions close to a communication trench near Boesinghe
John Warwick Brooke
31/07/1917
Photograph
Image Not Available for Our wonderful artillery follows up the advancing infantry. A tractor bringing a big gun up to a position on new ground
Our wonderful artillery follows up the advancing infantry. A tractor bringing a big gun up to a position on new ground
John Warwick Brooke
1917
Photograph
Image Not Available for We attack near Cambrai. Ribecourt, which we captured yesterday. Photo taken almost as soon as captured, machine-gun bullets falling all around. A bullet grazed one of the photographer's cameras, but luckily no damage was done
We attack near Cambrai. Ribecourt, which we captured yesterday. Photo taken almost as soon as captured, machine-gun bullets falling all around. A bullet grazed one of the photographer's cameras, but luckily no damage was done
John Warwick Brooke
November 20, 1917
Photograph
Image Not Available for A captured 5.9. in a gun position near Bullecourt
A captured 5.9. in a gun position near Bullecourt
John Warwick Brooke
1917
Photograph
Image Not Available for One of our guns takes a former German position. Note the German ammunition on the right
One of our guns takes a former German position. Note the German ammunition on the right
John Warwick Brooke
1917
Photograph
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