Original Photos - Page 9

Soldiers don gas masks, Somme, 1915.

A group of soldiers pose with their gas masks, 1915.

A group of me lined up for mask inspection, 1916.

A soldier prepares to fire a trench mortar or

A soldier struggles to put on his cumbersome pack, 1914.

These poilus are wearing assault rolls, which were used in place of packs for limited operations.

An entrenchment at Ritour.

These men have arranged a make-shift hammock in their trench using tree limbs and a tent canvas. 1915.

Soldiers duck as a shell impacts on the other side of an embankment, Verdun, 1916. (Note: this was actually from a filming done in the 1920s)

A squad occupies their freshly dug fox-holes along a roadside, Somme, 1918.

Several men wash up at their bath in Tahure.

A mixed force of British and French soldiers sits in freshly dug fox-holes, Somme, 1918.

Three vets display their medals.

Ration men passing through a devastated village.

A soldiers stands in a snowy trench completely covered with barbed wired.