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German troops singing around a Christmas tree in their trench on the Eastern Front, ca. 1914.(Photo source - 'Time' Maga...
17/01/2026

German troops singing around a Christmas tree in their trench on the Eastern Front, ca. 1914.

(Photo source - 'Time' Magazine)

(Colorized by Sanna Dullaway)

A British Cavalryman using his greatcoat for comfort on the frost covered grass somewhere near the front-line, whilst op...
16/01/2026

A British Cavalryman using his greatcoat for comfort on the frost covered grass somewhere near the front-line, whilst opening his Princess Mary Gift Tin, Christmas 1914.

(Note the rubberised Wellington boots worn with the leather spur straps)

British troops serving on the Western Front in 1914 received Princess Mary boxes from the Royal Family. These were metal cases engraved with an outline of the princess and filled with chocolates, sweets, ci******es and to***co. Great efforts were made to distribute the gifts in time for Christmas, and huge demands were made on an already stretched postal service.

More than 355,000 boxes were successfully delivered before 25 December. The boxes also included a picture card of Queen Mary and a copy of King George V's greeting to the troops which stated 'May God protect you and bring you safely home'.

(Source - National Army Museum NAM. 2007-03-7-134)

Members of the Australian 9th Battery, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, load an 18 pounder in a sand bagged gun pit. Being t...
16/01/2026

Members of the Australian 9th Battery, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, load an 18 pounder in a sand bagged gun pit. Being the day of their evacuation they were using all their ammunition at timed intervals so that it was expended by the end of the day, Gallipoli. 19 December 1915.

(Photo source - AWM P00046.041)

December 1916A wounded British soldier holding his steel helmet, which has been pierced by a piece of shrapnel, during f...
15/01/2026

December 1916
A wounded British soldier holding his steel helmet, which has been pierced by a piece of shrapnel, during fighting on the Somme Front near Hamel.

(Photo source - © IWM Q 1778)
Brooks, Ernest (Lieutenant) (Photographer)

December 1917Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 (serial number B2258) and a Nieuport Scout (serial number B6821) biplanes at S...
15/01/2026

December 1917
Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 (serial number B2258) and a Nieuport Scout (serial number B6821) biplanes at St. Omer Aerodrome at night.

1 January 1918, Northern FranceThis photo is of a series of photographs of Labour Corps members. The caption identifies ...
14/01/2026

1 January 1918, Northern France

This photo is of a series of photographs of Labour Corps members. The caption identifies these seven men as 'native police'. They are black South Africans who had contracted to work in the South African Native Labour Contingent (SANLC). In general the native police and NCOs were recruited from tribal chiefs or high-status native families.

The South African Native Labour Corps in 1916 in response to a British request for workers at French ports. About 25,000 South Africans joined the Corps. The SANLC was utilized in various menial noncombat tasks. The SANLC was disbanded by the South African government in January 1918

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records 1,304 deaths for the South African Native Labour Corps whose graves and memorials are found mostly in the UK, France and South Africa. Thirteen black servicemen were killed by their officers and NCO's when they mutinied over the imprisonment of a colleague though this incident was kept quiet. Another 331 died in France of medical reasons, probably tuberculosis. And lastly 607 black servicemen and nine white officers or NCO's died when the ship SS Mendi sank in a collision with another ship in the English Channel.

War decorations
The South African government issued no war service medal to the black servicemen and the special medal issued by King George V to "native troops" that served the Empire, the British War Medal in bronze, was disallowed and not issued to the SANLC. It was also said that any compensation scheme issued to servicemen by the South African government was said to be unfair.

1 January 1918New Zealand artillerymen firing an 18 pound gun in snowy conditions on the Butte, Belgium.Photograph taken...
14/01/2026

1 January 1918
New Zealand artillerymen firing an 18 pound gun in snowy conditions on the Butte, Belgium.

Photograph taken by Henry Armytage Sanders.
(Photo source - Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association :New Zealand official negatives Ref: 10x8-1806-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand)

January 1917Australian soldiers washing their gum boots outside the gum boot store at Houplines, near Armentieres.Infant...
13/01/2026

January 1917
Australian soldiers washing their gum boots outside the gum boot store at Houplines, near Armentieres.

Infantry and working parties were issued with dry boots from this store before going into the line, and on returning handed them back, after washing off the mud in the tubs provided for the purpose.

Unknown Australian Official Photographer
(Australian War Memorial - E00120)

January 1918"Newjahr 1918 - Wilden Westen" / New Year 1918 - Wild West.Five fellows from an unidentified German infantry...
13/01/2026

January 1918
"Newjahr 1918 - Wilden Westen" / New Year 1918 - Wild West.

Five fellows from an unidentified German infantry formation lampoon in the snow, somewhere on the Western Front.

Note: Names on the helmets are town names
Potsdam, Bochum, Breslau, Essen and a special one "Lipper". As "Lipper" someone is called when he came from the region of "Lippe". It is today a part of North Rhine-Westphalia.

(Source photo and text Bert Butterworth ✠ drakegoodman ✠ Collection)

Winter early 1917British troops coming out of a communication trench in the snow. Near Arras, Northern France.(Photo sou...
12/01/2026

Winter early 1917
British troops coming out of a communication trench in the snow. Near Arras, Northern France.

(Photo source - IWM Q 4695)
Brooke, John Warwick (Lieutenant) (Photographer)

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