A British soldier helping a wounded German prisoner, 25 September 1916

Lantern slide, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1916.

The location is Ginchy on the Somme. The German prisoner was wounded during the Battle of Morval (25-28 September 1916). This was a relatively successful attack by XV Corps on Morval, Gueudecourt and Lesboeufs, objectives that advanced the British line to the slopes of the Transloy ridges.

From a box of 72 lantern slides.