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Collecting water on the Somme, August 1916

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

A British and Australian soldier collect water from a section of butts located just off the Albert-Pozieres road. The metal butts are sunken and protected by sandbags.

From a box of 80 lantern slides.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1978-11-157-4-35

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1978-11-157-4-35