First World War. The feline mascot of the light cruiser HMAS Encounter, peering from the muzzle of a 6 inch gun.
Australian War Memorial’s collection
British Western Front in France
Tanks kept in touch with the Infantry by carrier pigeons which were released and carried messages back
Nationaal Archief, Collectie Eerste Wereldoorlog
Soldiers drill in their gas masks during World War I
Photographer: Unidentified
Location: Unidentified
Date: Undated
State Library of Queensland’s collection: pictureqld.slq.qld.gov.au/
Improvised Hand Grenade
The Great War. Dutch army exercises during the First World War. A modern petard (improvised hand grenade of cans for instance) ready to be thrown. 1916.
Nationaal Archief, Collectie Eerste Wereldoorlog
Eton College
The Great War. First World War, mobilization, declaration of war: pupils of Eton college exercising in suit and high hat, rifle over the shoulder. England, 1915.
Nationaal Archief, Collectie Eerste Wereldoorlog
Algerian Dragoons
The Great War. First World War. Belgian front, charge of the Algerian dragoons (infantry on horseback) at the front of Nieuwpoort. Belgium, 1915.
Nationaal Archief, Collectie Eerste Wereldoorlog
Us Home Front WWI. Billboards warning against wasting food during WWI.
US, 1916.
From LIFE.
First World War. A French soldier wearing a kind of armour as protection against flying bullets above the trench. France, 1915.
Nationaal Archief, Collectie Eerste Wereldoorlog
British soldiers silhouetted along a ridge during the World War I Battle of Mons.
France, August 1914.
From LIFE.
Captured World War I German planes paraded in London, 1918
Photographer: Thomas Frederick Scales
Dry plate glass negative
Reference No. 1/2-014083-G
Royal New Zealand Returned and Services’ Association Collection, Alexander Turnbull
Library, National Library of New Zealand
