Informal portrait of Brigadier General R L Leane and Captain A L Varley, reclining on a grassy ...

Accession Number P10689.037.008
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Downes, Harry
Place made France: Picardie, Aisne, France: Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Cambrai
Date made 1 April 1919
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Informal portrait of Brigadier General R L Leane and Captain A L Varley, reclining on a grassy knoll among the ruined buildings of Bellenglise. The officers have cigarettes in their hands and are surrounded by the remains of their lunch.
One of a series of photos recording the journey made to select the site for the 4th Division Memorial. Part of an album relating to the wartime service of Lieutenant Harry Downes MC MM, 48th Battalion.