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English: IWM caption : "Soldiers of 111 Brigade, 37th Division, pose for the camera, as they look through the windows of a ruined house in Hamel. Some are holding bombs, a stack of which can be seen on the ground beside the house".
Comment : The bombs for the 2 inch Medium Mortar date this as mid 1916 to mid 1917, and "Hamel" would refer to Beaumont-Hamel which was captured during the Battle of the Ancre 13-18 November 1916, in which the 37th Division participated.

Date

circa 1916

Source

This image is available from the National Library of Scotland You can see this image in its original context, along with the rest of the Library's digital collections, in the NLS Digital Gallery

Also

This photograph Q 4544 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 1900-13)

Author



Alternative names	Warwick Brooke
Description	British photographer
Date of birth/death	30 May 1886	1929
Location of birth/death		Uxbridge
Authority file	: Q29267899 VIAF: 309662904 GND: 1055008535

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	20:50, 7 January 2012	800 × 648 (97 KB)	Common Good	higher res
	07:57, 10 October 2009	580 × 431 (114 KB)	Rcbutcher	uploaded larger version from NLS
	10:24, 26 September 2007	349 × 264 (60 KB)	Rcbutcher
	05:47, 26 September 2007	350 × 283 (37 KB)	Rcbutcher	{{Information \|Description=Title: EVERYDAY LIFE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR <br>Description: Soldiers of III Brigade, 37th Division, pose for the camera, as they look through the windows of a ruined house in Hamel. Some are holding bombs, a stack of which