Picture No | 10951908 |
Date | 1917 |
Description | Pigeons and their motor lorry home at the front, WWI |
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H.M. "Air" Service - Petrol and Pigeons at the Front. A motor lorry behind the lines, converted into a home for carrier pigeons, used to carry message at the front. A despatch rider is seen in the foreground, starting out with a basketful of birds for service in the trenches.
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Source | Canadian War Records photograph in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 1 December 1917 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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