postcard-from-the-past: Soldiers at the Gare du Nord railway station of Paris during the First World War French vintage postcard

Captain Houston, Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC). Medical officer (MO) to Scots Guards.

Sap in which L.F. Company. 2nd Battalion Scots Guards lost 6 killed and 15 wounded. 17th October 1915.

captain-price-unofficially: Testing the Hellriegel SMG, Oct 1915

Intrepid British observer’s balancing feat in mid-air during heavy attack of ‘Archies’, 1914-19 by Christopher Clark (1875-1942).

Scenes of poignant joy and pathos enacted at the great railway stations of London, 1914-19, William Hatherell.

Through the saps to Pozieres, c.1918 (oil on canvas) by Frank Crozier.

The US battleships ‘New York and 'Texas’ off Rosyth, c.1918 (etching, touched with graphite

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A Massive German Attack on the British Front, World War I, 1914 1926 by Arthur C. Michael.

Herbert Schnurpel crafted this painting of a German machine gun crew at Verdun. It was captured by the Americans in World War II.

Great image of the Black Watch in trenches during WW1

British soldiers synchronising their watches on the front line, First World War, 1914-1918, 

Russian Howitzer at practice fire, First World War, 1914

In 1915 Edgar Brandt designed a portable pneumatic 60 mm howitzer, which he presented to the military authorities. Satisfied, the staff requested 500 pieces for the front where they were appreciated on the ground. Although called “howitzer”, this weapon was muzzle-loaded, like a mortar. Type A – Model 1915 was 1.30 m long, its advantage was its pneumatic propulsion mode, without detonation or smoke, capable of firing a shell the size of a large grenade up to 400 m about,. This concept allowed the implementation of lightened ammunition requiring neither casing nor supply of propellant charges. The improved Type B - Model 1916, measured only one meter and weighed 17 kilos instead of 22 kilos of the Model 1915, a pressure of 20 kg allowed it to reach a maximum firing range of 585 m. Following these improvements, the staff ordered 3,000 pieces to equip its combat units.-(http://www.musee-chevau.org/produits/obusier-de-tranchee-pneumatique-brandt-de-60mm-1ere-partie-645).

British infantry in a wood, First World War, 1914-1918,

A satirical post by Ricardo Flores “the Red Laugh” showing the horrors of war.

A cartoon by Sapper E.G. Eschini showing how terribly hard biscuits could be compared to bricks.

theworldatwar: British troops breakthrough the formidable Hindenburg Line and bring supplies across the dried up Canal du Nord - 27th Sept 1918