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'Guarding sacred Ypres, where British heroism shows resplendent through the war's darkest hours', 1918 (c)

Stereoscopic photograph, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1918 (c).

The British Army was involved in all four battles which bear the name of the town of Ypres in Belgium. During the war, the town was almost constantly under bombardment and was reduced to rubble.

From a collection of 96 stereoscopic photographs entitled 'The Great War'.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1972-08-67-2-100

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1972-08-67-2-100