Picture No | 10653187 |
Date | 1915 |
Description | King Albert I of Belgium and General Jacques de Dixmude |
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King Albert I of Belgium and Belgian general Jules Marie Alphonse Jacques de Dixmude (1858 - 1928), strolling among troops at rest on a small Belgian beach. The king is wearing the new khaki he has adopted for his army. General Jacques and his troops prevented Dixmude from falling into German hands in World War One and was honoured by elevation to Baron of Dixmude in 1919.
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Source | Photograph in Le Flambeau, 28th August 1915 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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