Contributions of the group The First World War

Studio Portrait of WW I Soldier with Rifle (Columbus Barracks)

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 17:43:43 +0000

Part of my WW I collection, this is a great studio portrait of a soldier. The photo is marked on the back as "Columbus Barracks". That facility was a recruit center in Columbus, Ohio, USA.

He is posing with his rifle (and bayonet), just one of the interesting photo variants that interest me.

Image scanned from original photo, and processed with GIMP.

hin[22] - plaque on tower [2 of 2]

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 16:14:37 +0000

StoneRoad2013 has posted:

On the wing wall to the tower of ruined 'All Saints' church is a memorial plaque to the ten men of Panxworth who gave their lives during The Great War 1914 - 1918.

Lest we forget.

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nobody@ipernity.com (Lyndon Wigmore) — Sat, 02 Apr 2022 10:28:30 +0000

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Monument at Poelkapelle. The best that I can make of the inscription is:

"SUR CE COIN DE TERRE BELGE RAVAGE PAR LA GUERRE TOMBA POUR LA DEFENSE DU DRIOT VIOLÉ UN HEROS FRANCAIS - GEORGES GUYNEMER. DONT LES AILES VICTORIEUSES CONQUIRENT A VINGT ANS UNE GLOIRE INCOMPARABLE DANS LE CIEL DES COMBATS. LES AVIATEURS BELGE QUI EURENT L'HONNEUR DE LUTTER A SES COTES ELEVE CE MONUMENT EN TEMOIGNAGE DE LEUR ADMIRATION NEE DE LA FRATERNITE DES ARMES". (I apologise for any missing accents).

My French is good enough to get a general sense of what this is about, but not good enough for a literal translation, so Google translate gives "ON THIS CORNER OF BELGIAN EARTH RAVAGED BY WAR FELL FOR THE DEFENSE OF VIOLATED RIGHTS A FRENCH HERO - GEORGES GUYNEMER. WHOSE VICTORIOUS WINGS CONQUERED AT TWENTY AN INCOMPARABLE GLORY IN THE SKY OF COMBAT. THE BELGIAN AVIATORS WHO HAD THE HONOR TO FIGHT AT HIS SIDE RAISE THIS MONUMENT AS A TESTIMONY OF THEIR ADMIRATION BORN FROM THE FRATERNITY OF ARMS"

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nobody@ipernity.com (Lyndon Wigmore) — Sat, 02 Apr 2022 10:28:26 +0000

Lyndon Wigmore has posted:

Ypres Salient Tank Memorial, Poelkapelle, Belgium.

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nobody@ipernity.com (Lyndon Wigmore) — Sat, 02 Apr 2022 10:28:00 +0000

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The Ijzertor (Yser Tower), Diksmuide, Belgium. A museum which tells the story of how the Belgian Authorities deliberately flooded the flat lands of northern Belgium in 1914 in an attempt to slow the German advance.

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nobody@ipernity.com (Lyndon Wigmore) — Sat, 02 Apr 2022 10:25:15 +0000

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"Onderwaterzettung. Oktober 1914"

In October 1914 the Belgian authorities reluctantly opened the sluice-gates of the Yser and flooded a large section of Flanders in order to slow the advancing German forces.

Howard Sadler with his Royal Engineers unit c1915

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 22:37:51 +0000

Phil Sutters has posted:

Uploaded for the Vintage Photos Theme Park 'telephones' week. Howard was my grandfather. He is the one lounging back in his shirt-sleeves. I guess that this was taken while training in England. These troops would eventually be formed into the Royal Corps of Signals. They laid thousands of miles of telephone cables along and between the trenches in France and Belgium. I know that he was at the battle of Ypres, but little else about his war.

Elsie Pritchard telephonist WW1

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 12:13:34 +0000

Phil Sutters has posted:

Elsie was my grandmother.

Engineers - H.H. Sadler in Royal Engineers' uniform with 'Wilkie' - WW1 - 1917

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 16:36:24 +0000

Phil Sutters has posted:

My grandfather Howard Sadler, on the left, presumably in France or Belgium, in 1917, with a friend called Wilkie. He was a Sapper in the Royal Engineers, that was his rank. He was a signaller, as shown by the blue and white armband. He communicated between units and their commanders using Morse code.
This has been added to the Vintage Photos Theme Park for the 'pals, buddies etc.' theme.

British WW1 18pdr field gun - Firepower - Woolwich - 25.7.2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 20:51:58 +0000

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British WW1 Mk IV tank at Ashford Kent

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:55:36 +0000

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Monitor M33 - 22 & 28.8.2012

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 22:17:48 +0000

Phil Sutters has posted:

HMS M33 is an M29-class monitor of the Royal Navy built in 1915. She saw active service in the Mediterranean during World War I.
More info at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_M33

Imperial War Museum - London - B type London bus - 18.11.2006

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 20:03:35 +0000

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Imperial War Museum - London - Royal Aircraft Factory BE 2c - 18.11.2006

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 20:03:37 +0000

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Imperial War Museum - London - Sopwith Camel 2F1 - 18.11.2006

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 20:03:37 +0000

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O&S - lest we forget

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 20:30:31 +0000

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Tribute to the Tommies in the trenches of WW1.

Seen cleaned from the road muck on the back of a white van.

Not my image : Fair use & comment

Soldiers of 57th Spruce Squadron (detail)

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 18:06:45 +0000

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This is a detail of a larger photo I recently saw of the soldiers of the 57th Spruce Squadron. This detail shows some of the men in the front row, as well as the writing added by the professional photographer.

Note that they are wearing their work clothes, rather than dress uniforms. You can also see the amount of mud on the ground, a common feature of Washington state. Many of the soldiers are wearing the typical work clothes of loggers, rather than Army outfits.

This unit was located in 1918 at the Palix River, Washington, cutting and processing spruce logs.

More info at:

swansongrp.com/spruce.html

Image lent by a family member.

Processed with GIMP.

Spruce Soldiers on Logging Truck, 1918

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 14:58:21 +0000

Robert Swanson has posted:

Purchased real-photo picture postcard of some Spruce Soldiers on a logging truck. The huge log being carried is a spruce tree. The wood was used to make airplane wings and parts in 1918 during the First World War.

Note the license place indicates "Signal Corps", the Army department that oversaw airplanes.

Some of the men appear to be civilians, but it turns out that the soldiers often wore logging work clothes, rather than military uniforms.

The spruce stands were very isolated, and part of the Army men's job was to build the roads needed to access the tree stands. This is probably one of their roads. Other soldiers built railroads to gain access to the stands of trees.

See:

swansongrp.com/spruce

Troopship Zeelandia, "Ship That Brought Us Home", First World War

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 17:54:55 +0000

Robert Swanson has posted:

These real-photo picture postcards were sold to returning U. S. soldiers as souvenirs. The photographers got pictures of the troopships being used to return the military, and then marked them up with words like "ship that brought us home".

See:

swansongrp.com/collect/wwi/postcards/index.html

Original photographer unknown, probably from 1919.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Zeelandia_(ID-2507)

S.S. Agamemnon JWB Card, WW I

nobody@ipernity.com (Robert Swanson) — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 21:38:55 +0000

Robert Swanson has posted:

These picture postcards were given out to returning troops after the First World War, while they were on the troopships coming back from Europe.

A military person could mail these cards onboard for no cost. Once they reached the shore, they had to pay to mail it.

This particular card is in vertical format and has the "Issued by" wording. Those are identifying features for a card collector, as there are other formats and wording to be seen.

This ship was the former German liner Kaiser Wilhelm II before being taken over by the United States.

For more information, see:

swansongrp.com/jwb.html

Image scanned and processed with GIMP.