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German barbed wire at Beaucourt, November 1916

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

This photograph was taken during the Battle of the Ancre (13-18 November 1916), the last British attack during the Somme offensive. Beaucourt was captured by the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division on 14 November.

From a group of 550 photographs compiled by Lord Henry Seymour Rawlinson while Commander in Chief in India, 1916-1919.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1952-01-33-55-338

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1952-01-33-55-338