Burying dead horses, 1917 (c)

Photograph, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1917 (c).

During the war thousands of horses served with the British and Commonwealth forces on the Western Front. They were used to carry supplies and ammunition, transport the wounded and pull guns. Thousands were killed or wounded, while others succumbed to fatigue and disease.

One of 13 original and copy photographs with negatives collected by Captain Everard Mayne, Royal Field Artillery (SR), 1917 (c).