P02527.024
Photograph P02527.024 First World War, 1914-1918Ypres. 1917. Gunner Jock Barclay, a Signaller with 107th Howitzer Battery, on the telephone outside a sandbagged dugout. (Donor J. Hardwicke)
P02527.003 Accession Number: P02527.003
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Mericourt, France. April 1918. 19090 Gunner (Gnr) Reginald Alfred Hardwicke MM and Bar, 107th Howitzer Battery, receiving a haircut. In the background men are preparing their kit for the day. It was near here that Gnr Hardwicke won his Military Medal, along with 19159 Gnr Hayward Woodward, on 9th April 1918. Gunners Hardwicke and Woodward, the Battery linesmen, repaired the telephone wire used to communicate with Headquarters three times under heavy shellfire. Note the reverse slope position for the bivouac. (Donor J. Hardwicke)
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P02527.003
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
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1
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Copyright expired - public domain
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