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Royal Marines heliographing to a warship, 1914
Lantern slide, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1914.
The Marines of the Royal Naval Division landed at Ostend in Belgium on 27 August 1914. Sent to safeguard the town, they also protected a British seaplane base before re-embarking on 31 August for Dunkirk. Ostend was later evacuated and the Germans captured it on 15 October 1914.
From a box of 70 lantern slides.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1978-11-157-19-55
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1978-11-157-19-55