Collection related to the service of 704 Ernest Charles Barnes

Accession Number C00441
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Barnes, Ernest Charles
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Hermies
Date made June 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of five unidentified gunners of the 102nd Howitzer Battery with their gun in northern France, with four other gunners nearby. A row of guns is visible, each in a partly excavated position and covered with camouflage netting. (From the collection of 704 Driver Ernest Charles Barnes who served with the 1st Field Artillery Brigade, 21st Howitzer Brigade and 2nd Field Artillery Brigade.)