A soldier writing whilst leaning against a ruined wall, Lievin, 1917 (c)

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

The soldier is armed with the British Army's standard infantry weapon, the Mk III .303 inch Short Magazine Lee-Enfield rifle, which is fitted with a bayonet. The shell case hanging behind the soldier is a makeshift gas alarm.

From a photograph album of 253 photographs compiled by Charles William Stulpnagel (known as Swinton after December 1914), 1889-1920.