The iconic image of Christmas in the Great War is the 1914 Christmas truce. Londoner Cyril Drummond took part in this historic truce on the Western Front while serving as a Royal Artillery officer…
The night before their official visit to Sarajevo in June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie drove unannounced into town to browse in a carpet shop
Q 9586. Men of the 57th Division marching through the outskirts of Lille accompanied by a young boy holding a rifle 18 October 1918.
The remains of Henry John Innes Walker of New Zealand, a Captain serving in the First World War, have been discovered in Langemark-Poelkapelle (West Flanders). It is exceptional that the remains of a person who perished in the Great War can be identified.
A quickly built bicycle bridge, enables the cyclists to cross wide ditches. Picture to prove that the Dutch army is ready. Published in 1914 in a Dutch illustrated weekly. Frits Wiersma served in the Dutch Army Cyclist Corps between 1914 - 1918. 0407
100 years on, the wonders of 21st-century technology now allow us to see these amazing pictures of the conflict in breathtaking full colour, giving us a much keener sense of what it was actually like to be there.
Explore World War 1's complex, devastating history: key battles, strategies, tactics & the sociopolitical impact. Our articles cover the history of WW1 from the conflict's precursors to Treaty of Versailles.
On Veterans Day, LightBox presents rare, vibrant color autochromes documenting the soldiers and battles of the First World War.
Today Her Britannic Majesty has lived for 86 years, 3 months, and 4 days. This amounts to a total of 31,508 days today and date of birth i...
This portrait comes from the series of pics of soldiers of the 1st and 2nd régiment d’artillerie de montagne (see another post here). More than the unusual velvet pants, the youth of this sol…
Trench trolley (Reeve 000802), National Museum of Health and Medicine Description: Bringing wounded through the trenches using an overhead cable via a British trench trolley. Date: unknown, World War I era Photo ID: Reeve 000802 Source collection: OHA 80: Reeve Photograph Collection Repository: National Museum of Health and Medicine, Otis Historical Archives Rights: No known restrictions upon publication, physical copy retained by National Museum of Health and Medicine. Publication and high resolution image requests should be directed to the NMHM (www.medicalmuseum.mil/)
Q 8771. An officer of the Tank Corps with his pet dog on a Douglas 348 cc motorcycle. Neulette 3 May 1918.
@sommecourt And the man himself pictured in December 1916, before leaving for France. #WW1
The arguments over who started World War One have raged since the first shots were fired.
Q 31083. A Women's Auxiliary Army Corps recruiting sergeant and assistant talking to potential recruits in Trafalgar Square in London 1918.
