Sphere cover - making crosses to mark the dead, WW1
A poignant front cover of The Sphere magazine from August 1916 showing a soldier making wooden crosses in order to mark the graves of the bodies of fallen men who were killed in action during the advances of the summer of 1916
Picture No
10823349
Media ID
46115998
Size
3400px x 5279px
(2.1MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
British official photograph on the front cover of The Sphere, 19 August 1916
Date
1916
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