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

captain-price-unofficially: Colorized photo of the Finnish volunteers of the 27th Jäger Battalion in Latvia, 1916/1917. The 27th Jäger Battalion was a light infantry unit in the German Army from 1915–1918.

poor-bloody-infantry:

2nd Lt. Cyril Asquith, son of the British Prime Minister, exercises with the Queen’s Westminsters on Hampstead Heath. 

poor-bloody-infantry:

© IWM (Q 78010) French Artillery-men loading their 90 mm cannon, Bouchoir, Somme. Interestingly, I guess those boards would make it easier to push back into place after the recoil. 

poor-bloody-infantry:

© IWM (Q 26595) Tommy mounted on a donkey outside an Italian house. Note the sheepskin coat worn over his uniform.

poor-bloody-infantry:

ism.gov.au/EZ0011 Troopers of the 2nd Australian Division queue in a trench with their mess tins as they wait to be served with hot tea. The soldier on the left is doling out tea from a large steaming pot.

poor-bloody-infantry:

Postcard from Tom of the York and Lancaster Regiment. Tom says on the back, “…Dear Aunt & Uncle, …How do you like the bed cot, can you find your photo on it? I come to Sheffield on duty on Sunday so I may pop down for a couple of hours.”

poor-bloody-infantry:

Private James Smith of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

poor-bloody-infantry:

Northumberland Fusiliers ready for anything. Look at the Sergeant on the right. He’s wearing an unusual brace attachment for his 1908 webbing. How tall do you think he was? I also like the “Gor Blimey” hat on the gentleman second from left. 

poor-bloody-infantry:

Royal Naval Division, Howe Battalion…

poor-bloody-infantry:

King George Ward of a British hospital.

poor-bloody-infantry:

Fitter Staff/Sgt David Boyd Reid,103238 H.Q. 15th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery Died of Wounds 3 Oct 1918 buried Les Baraques, Sangatte, a very senior noncom, fitter would be a mechanic. Befitting a senior non-commisioned officer, his uniform is a tad personalized with cuffs on his trousers and cane.  

poor-bloody-infantry:

© IWM (Q 53640) A despatch rider of the 3rd Battalion, 1st County of London Yeomanry (Middlesex Duke of Cambridge’s Hussars) delivers a message to an officer during training in Richmond Park, 10 February 1915.

poor-bloody-infantry: © IWM (Q 12745A) A Yeomanry rest camp at el-Arīsh in Egypt, November 1917.

nondescripthistory:
A soldier writes home. The Battle of Verdun, 1916. Unattributed

rojsebastien: An Allied soldier in a trench posing with a Vickers machine gun in Sannaiyat, Iraq, April 1916

aber-flyingtiger:
acmtedder:

An Officer of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

I like that pack he has on