Reference image only to provide position detail for those named. This image is not for sale. ...

Accession Number E04513K
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date made 5 October 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

Reference image only to provide position detail for those named. This image is not for sale. Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium. 5 October 1917. The Headquarters of the 24th Battalion, established in a dugout on Broodseinde Ridge, the day following the capture of the Ridge. Troops of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Divisions took a conspicuous part in the operations. Identified: Signaller (Sig) C. Bice, 24th Battalion (1); Lieutenant (Lt) E. S. Baldock MC, 24th Battalion (2); Sig R. Mills, 24th Battalion (3); Private Whitbread, runner, 24th Battalion (4); Corporal (Cpl) C. Mitchell DCM MM, 24th Battalion (5); unidentified 19th Battalion runner (6); Sig V. Wallis, 24th Battalion (7); ?Lt, 19th Battalion Signals Officer (8); 82 Cpl Joseph F. Calcutt, 24th Battalion (9).

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