Picture No | 10572967 |
Date | 1916 |
Description | Tommies kicking a football on the way to the German Trenches |
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The Surreys play the game! Kicking footballs towards the German trenches under a hail of shells during World War One. Men of the East Surreys charging towards the enemy at Contalmaison, France.Drawn by R. Caton Woodville from material supplied by an officer present at the action.
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Source | Illustration by R. Caton Woodville in The Illustrated London News 29 July 1916 page 135 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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