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  • Men Marching at Night Men Marching at Night

    (art) Made by: Nash, Paul 1918

    image: a view along a straight road lined with tall trees. The trees stand uniformly glowing in a ghostly light, looming over a column of British soldiers marching down the road. The rain drives across the composition from the left, and the soldiers...

  • Ramleh : the Plain of Sharon. The bombed German aerodrome is in the foreground, and on the right the groves of trees surrounding Lydda. Ramleh : the Plain of Sharon. The bombed German aerodrome is in the foreground, and on the right the groves of trees surrounding Lydda.

    (art) Made by: McBey, James 1917-11-30

    image: a view across a flat landscape towards the town of Ramleh, on the horizon to the left. In the foreground are the remains of a bomb damaged aerodrome, of which only a few pieces of metal and debris remain. Troops and a horse drawn cart make their...

  • Camiers Road Camiers Road

    (art) Made by: Mudie-Cooke, Olive

    image: a view along a straight section of the Camiers road in northern France, with telegraph poles lining both sides of the road. There is a line of what appear to be barrels or tree trunks on the right side of the road, and there are parts of a...

  • Arquata: Italy. Ambulance Convoy: Italy Arquata: Italy. Ambulance Convoy: Italy

    (art) Made by: Mudie-Cooke, Olive

    image: a view of a convoy of motor ambulances moving along a spectacular mountain road in northern Italy. The road progresses from the left along a stone viaduct, curving away into the distance before continuing along a mountain ridge on the right.

  • Camp Life at Etaples: one of five sketches Camp Life at Etaples: one of five sketches

    (art) Made by: Leese, Gertrude

    image: a view of various military personnel on a road or path in front of a an encampment of tents; including two women in Voluntary Aid Detachment uniforms, two Scottish soldiers in kilted uniforms, an officer with a stick, a soldier examining a map,...

  • Camp Life at Etaples: one of five sketches Camp Life at Etaples: one of five sketches

    (art) Made by: Leese, Gertrude

    image: a column of Scottish soldiers with kilted uniforms and bagpipes parade through a town. A young woman watches from a high window, and a young boy and girl stand amazed on the pavement.

  • St Riquier, Near Abbeville St Riquier, Near Abbeville

    (art) Made by: Dodd, Francis (RA)

    image: a view of the abbey church and surrounding buildings in the French town of Saint-Riquier on the Somme near Abbeville. In the foreground are a few horse drawn carts on a tree lined road that runs across the composition. Further back, two military...

  • The Road to Arras: Looking across the Arras Road, Mt St Eloi and the Vimy Ridge The Road to Arras: Looking across the Arras Road, Mt St Eloi and the Vimy Ridge

    (art) Made by: Orpen, William 1917

    image: a view of the Arras road with a column of British infantry marching from the left of the composition. The road is bordered by ridges on either side, with the entrances of several dug-outs on the far side. The tower of the old abbey of Mont-Saint-...

  • German Prisoners by the Roadside German Prisoners by the Roadside

    (art) Made by: Orpen, William 1917

    image: four German prisoners-of-war in the foreground, three standing and one sitting on the ground, look towards a column of British infantrymen marching along a road running across the composition. Two of the POWs have bandaged heads. There are some...

  • Transport in the Winter Transport in the Winter

    (art) Made by: Morrall, J B

    image: a view across a snow-covered winter landscape, with a line of bare trees running across the foreground. Further back a line of evenly spaced British transport trucks drive along a road from right to left, with some hills in the background.

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