Soldiers of the Border Regiment resting
Soldiers of the Border Regiment resting in a front line trench, Thiepval Wood, August 1916. One of 13 photographs relating to trench warfare, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1916. Five soldiers sleeping in trench and dugouts while one remains awake; members of 11th (Service) Battalion The Border Regiment, also known as the ?Lonsdales?, resting and sleeping during a break in the Somme fighting. Equioment visible includes Mk 1 steel helmet, Lee Enfield rifles, bayonet sheaths, canteens etc
Picture No
11109704
Media ID
48579729
Size
3000px x 2220px
(2.1MB)
Credit
©The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph
Date
1916
