X-ray image showing shrapnel near the elbow of Lieutenant (Lt) Thomas Leonard Huxtable, 9th ...

Accession Number P11948.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Jones, William Henry
Place made France
Date made 24 February 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

X-ray image showing shrapnel near the elbow of Lieutenant (Lt) Thomas Leonard Huxtable, 9th Machine Gun Company. Lt Huxtable sustained severe shrapnel wounds to his left arm, which had to be amputated.