King George V on Wytschaete Ridge, Flanders, WW1
King George V on Wytschaete Ridge, Flanders, July 1917, during the First World War. He is wearing a Field-Marshal's service uniform and steel helmet on a visit to a devastated battleground on the Western Front. Landing in France on 3 July, he spent the following day with General Sir Herbert Plumer's army
Picture No
10956396
Media ID
48224220
Size
3881px x 5066px
(3.4MB)
Credit
© The Sharp Illustration Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Illustration in Our King and Queen, A Pictorial Record of Their Times, edited by J A Hammerton, Volume 2, 1929
Date
1917
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