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Iron rations
Iron rations
British soldiers watching shelling in the distance. A spread out group of soldiers wearing rain ponchos and helmets are looking off into the distance. The soldier at the front of the group is pointing into the distance. The terrain is vey hilly and mud-churned. Tommy' is 'Tommy Atkins', a fictional hero figure representing the average British soldier. The derogatory term for a German 'Fritz' or…
Contributors
- Ernest, British official photographer Brooks
Subject
- Explosions
- Helmets
- Mud
- Ponchos
- Rain
- Shells (ammunition)
- Soldiers
- Spectators (event observers)
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- Ernest, British official photographer Brooks
Subject
- Explosions
- Helmets
- Mud
- Ponchos
- Rain
- Shells (ammunition)
- Soldiers
- Spectators (event observers)
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Available under Creative Commons license; Attribution, Non-commercial, ShareAlike
Issue date
- 2005
- 1914 - 1920
- 1914/1920
- 2005
Identifier
- 74546318
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T12:16:24.125Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:45:16.640Z