Picture No | 10823349 |
Date | 1916 |
Description | Sphere cover - making crosses to mark the dead, WW1 |
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A poignant front cover of The Sphere magazine from August 1916 showing a soldier making wooden crosses in order to mark the graves of the bodies of fallen men who were killed in action during the advances of the summer of 1916.
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Source | British official photograph on the front cover of The Sphere, 19 August 1916 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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