Unidentified men of the 5th Division partaking in cigarettes and resting by the side of the ...

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Accession Number E00019
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Baldwin, Herbert Frederick
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Albert Combles Area, France: Picardie, Somme, Albert Combles Area, Montauban
Date made December 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Unidentified men of the 5th Division partaking in cigarettes and resting by the side of the Montauban road, near Mametz, while enroute to the trenches. Most of the men are wearing sheepskin jackets and woollen gloves and are carrying full kit and .303 Lee Enfield rifles.