Collection related to the service of 704 Ernest Charles Barnes

Accession Number C00442
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

Members of the 102nd Howitzer Battery in front of their dugouts in northern France. Vegetation in use as camouflage can be seen on the roof of the dugout in the foreground. (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.)