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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.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1978-11-157-25-20

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1978-11-157-25-20

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