WW1 100

WW1 - Two officers looking out of a small shelter they appear to have made for themselves. It seems to have been made of a mixture of corrugated iron, wood and canvas or tar-paper. As it is built above ground, this must have been well away from the front-line trenches. This is one of a number of photographs which illustrate the degree to which shelter was left to the individual soldier. For officers this was, however, relieved by their greater freedom off-duty to go to nearby towns and villages, or on longer leave to visit Paris. When billets were available in civilian houses, officers again had the better conditions

Appear Available Billets Colourisation Corrugated Degree Front Line Front-line However Illustrate Longer Mixture Nearby Off Duty Off-duty Relieved Seems Themselves Villages

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