P02693.020 Accession Number: P02693.020

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Villers au Bois, France. The bodies of dead soldiers being brought to the Military Cemetery at Villers au Bois. The bodies are transported on stretchers on board a two wheeled wooden cart, and are laid out on the ground before being buried. Note the chaplain standing on the far right. This is one half of a stereo image, the full image is held at P02693.006. (Donor M. Wolfer)

Details

Accession Number
P02693.020
Photographer
Underwood and Underwood
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Format: Stereograph
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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