987.059.3 Contalmaison Villa; a German gun position registered by our artillery.

Accession Num: 987.059.3

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Document Date: 1916--

Donors: Arrow Lakes Historical Society

Creators: British Official Photographs

Keywords: 1910s, Battle of the Somme, and World War I

Locations: Contalmaison (Somme)

Physical Description:
1 b/w photograph (20.2 cm x 15.1 cm)

Notes:
British solidier walks amidst bodies of German soldiers at gun position destroyed by British forces during the Battle of the Somme, World War I, Contalmaison, Somme, France, 1916. Inscription on rear: 'I had the job of consolidating this position & have several [illegible] of it. Photo by British Official Photographs.

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