Picture No | 11065699 |
Date | 1916 |
Description | From the Western Front 'To Willie with compliments' 1916 |
Details |
Sergeant seen lying down beside a large shell bearing the message ''To Willie with compliments" on the side. During WWI gunners often sent massages etched in chalk on shells.
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Source | Photograph in 'The Illustrated War News', 9 August 1916, part 9, pages 20 - 21 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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