| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | E00737 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Negative |
| Maker |
Wilkins, George Hubert |
| Place made | Belgium: Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Ypres |
| Date made | 20 September 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Soldiers running to take shelter from a heavy shellburst at Glencorse Wood in the Ypres salient. ...
Description
Soldiers running to take shelter from a heavy shellburst at Glencorse Wood in the Ypres salient. A print from this negative is held in the Wilkins papers at the Byrd Polar Research Centre, The Ohio State University Archives, and carries the following inscription in Wilkins' hand: ' A shell burst in a front line trench in France. This was the last picture I took that day for the next shell wrecked the camera". Wilkins was also wounded.