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Image Not Available for Getting ready to make up the roads as our troops advance. Trains bring the material as far as possible, and it is then transferred to steam lorries, of which many hundreds are employed
Getting ready to make up the roads as our troops advance. Trains bring the material as far as possible, and it is then transferred to steam lorries, of which many hundreds are employed
Image Not Available for Getting ready to make up the roads as our troops advance. Trains bring the material as far as possible, and it is then transferred to steam lorries, of which many hundreds are employed

Getting ready to make up the roads as our troops advance. Trains bring the material as far as possible, and it is then transferred to steam lorries, of which many hundreds are employed

Creator John Warwick Brooke (British,1886 - 1929)
Date17/10/1917
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions16.5 x 20.4 cm
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2004
Object number2004/634.04
LocationNot currently on display

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Image Not Available for Showing how the Boche marked his roads. View at cross roads which he mined before being forced to retire
Showing how the Boche marked his roads. View at cross roads which he mined before being forced to retire
John Warwick Brooke
1916-1917
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Image Not Available for Fascines ready to be carted away. These are used for making roads over rough country
Fascines ready to be carted away. These are used for making roads over rough country
John Warwick Brooke
1916
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Image Not Available for Troops getting a lift on one of the light railways
Troops getting a lift on one of the light railways
John Warwick Brooke
October 1916
Photograph
Image Not Available for Visual signalling, this being possible as we advance
Visual signalling, this being possible as we advance
John Warwick Brooke
April 1917
Photograph
Image Not Available for Boche ammunition waggon left in their hurry to escape our victorious troops
Boche ammunition waggon left in their hurry to escape our victorious troops
John Warwick Brooke
1917
Photograph
Image Not Available for British troops with a donkey and cart which they found in captured Ribecourt, 29 November 1917. The sign says 'Captured by TMB' (possibly Trench Mortar Battery)
British troops with a donkey and cart which they found in captured Ribecourt, 29 November 1917. The sign says 'Captured by TMB' (possibly Trench Mortar Battery)
John Warwick Brooke
29/11/1917
Photograph
Image Not Available for A field gun getting into a new position as we advance
A field gun getting into a new position as we advance
John Warwick Brooke
1917
Photograph
Image Not Available for A scene in newly-captured ground. Ammunition wagons going up whilst gunners are getting a big gun into a new advance position for bombarding the Boche
A scene in newly-captured ground. Ammunition wagons going up whilst gunners are getting a big gun into a new advance position for bombarding the Boche
John Warwick Brooke
1917
Photograph
Image Not Available for Battle for Broodseinde. Tommy as a navvy. Busy breaking stones for roadmaking as we continue our advance
Battle for Broodseinde. Tommy as a navvy. Busy breaking stones for roadmaking as we continue our advance
John Warwick Brooke
October 1917
photograph
Image Not Available for Making a road through Contalmaison. No time is lost in clearing the way for an advance
Making a road through Contalmaison. No time is lost in clearing the way for an advance
John Warwick Brooke
July 1916
Photograph
Image Not Available for A few of our many prisoners taken in Beaumont Hamel
A few of our many prisoners taken in Beaumont Hamel
John Warwick Brooke
1916
Photograph
Image Not Available for One of our many light railways
One of our many light railways
John Warwick Brooke
September 1916
Photograph
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