File:Lancashire Fusiliers trench Beaumont Hamel 1916.jpg

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IWM caption : Battle of Albert : Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers fixing bayonets prior to the attack on Beaumont Hamel. They are wearing ‘fighting order’, with the haversack in place of the pack, and with the rolled groundsheet strapped to the belt below the mess-tin which contained rations. The officer in the foreground (right) is wearing other ranks’ uniform to be less conspicuous. Comment : Trench sign indicates 'King St'

Date

1 July 1916

Source

This is photograph Q 744 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 1900-09)

Author

Ernest Brooks

	Description	English photographer
	Date of birth	23 February 1878
	Location of birth	Windsor, Berkshire, England

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