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Two soldiers with a rum jar. The man actually drinking can be seen, in close-up, to be focused on the photographer rather than the earthenware rum jar! The army had a daily rum ration of 1/2 gill, which must often have seemed a welcome boost to morale. Some units issued the rum ration before a battle, others used it against the shock and strain after a battle. This photograph was taken after t…
Contributors
- John Warwick Brooke
Subject
- Alcoholic beverages
- Jars
- Soldiers
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- John Warwick Brooke
Subject
- Alcoholic beverages
- Jars
- Soldiers
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
- 74549470
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
- 2014-04-06T13:22:53.824Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:46:14.901Z