We fixed our bayonets, as the enemy were close, our task being to engage any enemy on our front...My brother’s platoon suddenly got the order, unheard by me, and up went the men on the open grassland. Denis went ahead … He … presented a good picture of the young leader going i...
The scene is crowded with casualties, many being brought in by stretcher-bearers. The painting captures a scene amid a German offensive in 1918, © IWM Art.IWM ART 1922 He subsequently moved to France and served there and in Flanders from June 1918. He died at Grand Rozoy 29 July of...
“ ...Woe betide anyone who fell into the hands of the enemy alive; all sense of humanity had disappeared. Soldiers, wounded, stretcher-bearers- a distinction was no longer made...” A quote by Louis Barthas a soldier in the war. This quote shows how people had lost their sense of ...
Welcome to the Western Front, they stood not a chance Cut down by a weapon underrated at Haig In shell holes and graves countless Australians were laid 4. WITHOUT A TRACE My surroundings are bleak Stretcher bearers do I seek A wasteland of churned earth Bearing pain for all I'm worth...
Above: Stretcher bearers and dressing station at Guillemont (Image – Q 4421 IWM) Above: This photo was taken while the Royal Fusiliers were serving on The Somme although which battalion is not known. It may be the 1st Battalion who were taken out of the Guillemont...