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Description: | c 1500 photographs taken by the British official photographer Horace Nicholls of the Home Front during the First World War. The collection includes coverage of women working in industry, on the land, in a variety of jobs, and serving in the armed forces; British and Allied soldiers being recruited and in training in Britain; civilian, military and political figures; Royal Flying Corps cadets; wounded soldiers; Officer Cadet battalions; War Bonds appeals; types of uniforms; British troops home on leave; the munition township at Gretna; Boy Scouts helping the war effort; the Royal Army Clothing Department; schoolchildren during the First World War; American troops in the Winchester area in 1918; and the unveiling of the Cenotaph in Whitehall, 11 November 1920. The collection also covers personalities and exhibits at the Imperial War Museum. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Nicholls Horace | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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