| Accession Number | P09534.013 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Harvey, William Wyatt |
| Place made | France: Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Nieppe |
| Date made | January 1919 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
"Chateau Nieppe, near Armentieres. All the trees were cut down by the Boche." 'These were the ...
Description
"Chateau Nieppe, near Armentieres. All the trees were cut down by the Boche." 'These were the billets of A4 Coys for many weeks & from the square in front of this we left as independent Coys for the approach march on the night of June [space] 1916 [sic] for Battle of Messines. I was the officer in charge of the rear of A Coy 3rd Pioneers & we had a lot of trouble with the stragglers who were dead beat from carrying boxes of S.A.A. [small arms ammunition]. We lost the column but eventually got there. There is a moat round the back & two sides.' (One of a collection of photographs belonging to Lieutenant (Lt) Robert Trevor Williams and taken by Lt William Wyatt Harvey during a battlefield tour of France and Belgium, January 1919, by officers of the 3rd Pioneer Battalion. The original caption quoted in double inverted commas is by Lt Harvey. The original caption quoted in single inverted commas is by Lt Williams.)