Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection

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The Employment of Women in Britain, 1914-1918 A woman operating a sole levelling machine in a Nottingham boot factory, September 1918

The steps leading down to a large German dugout at Bernafay Wood, near Montauban, on the Somme, 3 July 1916

Frostbitten British troops at Suvla 1915

The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916

The Royal Navy on the Home Front, 1914-1918 A depth charge exploding after being dropped from a torpedo boat destroyer in Harwich, Essex on 19th April 1918

Evacuation of Suvla British stores burning 1915

The Merchant Navy on the Home Front, 1914-1918 Workers unloading and stacking timber from a British cargo ship

A doctor tending a wounded soldier at a Regimental Aid Post set up in a captured German ammunition dump at Oosttaverne, near Ypres, August 1917

British telephone communications Battle of Langemarck 1917

The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Wounded German prisoners being placed in an ambulance for transportation to a Base hospital. July 1916

Hodsons Horse France 1917

German bunker with bed Somme 1916

The Arms Production in Britain in the First World War A female worker operates a turning machine in Royal Shell Factory 3 in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, London, in May 1918

The Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Women war workers tap shells at the Royal Shell Factory, Woolwich Arsenal, May 1918

12inchHowitzerShellForFritzThiepvalSeptember1916

Sherwood Foresters following up Germans near Brie March 1917

The Employment of Women in Britain, 1914-1918 A group of female workers at an aeroplane factory in Birmingham, September 1918

The Production of Clothing in Britain, 1914-1918 Workers in the stripping department in the Royal Army Clothing Department, Old Kent Road, Southwark

The Battle of the Somme, July - November 1916 German prisoners captured during the first day of the Somme offensive, resting by the roadside

The Arms Production in Britain in the First World War Workers at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, London, leave from the fourth gate, by Plumstead station, in May 1918

The Italian Naval Air Service in the Mediterranean, 1915-1918 A naval airship escorting a convoy

The American Army on the Western Front, 1917-1918

Men of the 51st Division resting in a hastily dug trench during the German spring offensiove, 10 April 1918

The Battle of the Somme, July - November 1916 Battle of Albert. The horse lines of a French ammunition column. 1st July 1916

Bringing up bombs near Bernafay Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916

Lancashire Fusiliers boat Gallipoli May 1915

The Merchant Navy in the First World War

The British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1916

The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 King George V, escorted by Lieutenant Colonel Reginald B. Rickman and Captain W

The Shipbuilding Industry in Britain during the First World War General view of a workshop in a Clyde shipbuilding yard

The US Army in the First World War, 1917-1918

Rest and Relaxation in the British Army on the Western Front, 1914-1918

Deccan Horse France 1916

The Royal Visits To the Western Front, 1914-1918

Beaumont-Hamel - General view of the battlefield

The Girl Guides Association in Britain, 1914-1918 Girl Guides with a stretcher and other equipment in preparation for post-air raid emergency help in the United Kingdom during the First World War

NLS Haig - Repairing one of our guns for use in the continued advance

a gun crews Armentieres March 1916

The US Army on the Western Front, 1917-1918

The Cooperation of the Allied Forces on the Western Front, 1914-1918

The German Withdrawal To the Hindenburg Line, March-april 1917

The Battle of the Somme, July - November 1916 The Royal Engineers No. 1 Printing Company
The Battle of the Somme, July - November 1916 The Royal Engineers No.1 Printing Company: The first batch of German prisoners (about 8) captured during the first day being marched towards the rear

British wounded Bernafay Wood 19 July 1916

The Royal Flying Corps on the Western Front, 1914-1918

German Prisoners in the Allied Captivity, 1914-1918

The Tank Warfare on the Western Front, 1917-1918

The US Navy during the First World War Gun shield and window fittings to the bridge of an American torpedo boat destroyer

Vickers machine gun in the Battle of Passchendaele - September 1917

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