Official photographs of Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood, Western Front and civic events after the First World War

This file contains 17 official photographs of Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood, other commanding officers, and civic events following the end of the First World War. Items in this file that include a photographs number in the description can also be found separately on the Memorial’s website with a more detailed caption. Some of the other people featured in these photographs include General Sir John Grenfell Maxwell (General Officer Commanding in Egypt), Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Sir Francis Davies, General John Joseph Talbot Hobbs, and Lady Janetta Hope Gonville Birdwood. These photographs were taken in the Dardanelles, on the Western Front, London and in Australia.
This file contains:
Photograph of Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener receiving a note from General Sir John Grenfell Maxwell, probably at Mudros, during his visit to the Dardanelles, November 1915
Photograph of Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener, General Davison, Colonel Watson, Birdwood, and General Jean Marie Joseph Armand Brulard near Sed-el-Bahir, November 1915
Photograph of Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener, General John Grenfell Maxwell, Sir Francis Davies, and Birdwood near Cape Hellas looking towards Achi Baba, [November 1915]
Photograph of Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener talking to some Australians during his visit to Anzac, November 1915 [see online caption of photograph number G00571 for more information]
Photograph of Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener talking to some Australians, whom he addressed as "Boys", November 1915
Photograph of Captain Kennedy, General Joseph John Talbot Hobbs, General Walker, General Carruthers, General White, General Smythe, and General McKay, n.d.
Photograph of Birdwood in his car while leaving his Headquarters in the Chateau at Henencourt, March 1917 [see online caption of photograph number E03863 for more information]
Photograph of Birdwood mounted on a horse in the grounds of the Chateau at Querrieu, May 1917 [see online caption for photograph number E00535 for more information]
Photograph of Birdwood mounted on a horse in the grounds of the Chateau at Querrieu, May 1917
Photograph of Birdwood mounted on a horse in the grounds of the Chateau at Querrieu, May 1917
Photograph of Birdwood standing next to his favourite horse, a chestnut gelding, in the grounds of the Chateau at Querrieu, May 1917 [see online caption for E00537 for more information]
Photograph of troops presenting arms on the unveiling of the Pozieres memorial cross to men of 1st Australian Division, 8 July 1917.
Photograph of Birdwood unveiling the memorial cross to members of the 1st Australian Division who fell at Pozieres during July and August 1916, 8 July 1917 [see online caption for EZ0130 for more information]
Hand-painted portrait of Birdwood, n.d.
Photograph of Birdwood and Lady Janetta Hope Gonville Birdwood participating in a parade in London, n.d.
Photograph of crowd in Fremantle Wharf, c. November 1919
Photograph of Birdwood addressing a crowd at the Instructional School for Returned Soldiers, c. December 1919