A working party, 1916 (c)
Lantern slide, World War One, Western Front (1914-1916), 1916 (c).
Working parties were regularly sent out to mend shell damage to the trenches and their defences. These soldiers carry coils of barbed wire and corkscrew pickets (metal stakes) for repairing the belts of wire that protected the trenches. This was done to prevent the enemy from getting close to front-line positions.
From a box of 50 lantern slides.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1978-11-157-29-13
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1978-11-157-29-13