Stretcher_bearers_Passchendaele_August_1917.jpg

Description

IWM caption : Battle of Pilckem Ridge 31 July - 2 August : stretcher bearers struggle in mud up to their knees to carry a wounded man to safety near Boesinghe on 1 August. The look of agonised desperation on the men's faces has made this image a favourite choice to indicate the appalling conditions on the Western Front. FURTHER INFORMATION: Man third from left possibly identified as Jimmy Coates, who served with the 36 Ulster Division attached to the Field Ambulance Corps - information provided by his son in 2005.

Date

1 August 1917

Source

This photograph Q 5935 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 1900-13)

Author



Alternative names	Warwick Brooke
Description	British photographer
Date of birth/death	30 May 1886	1929
Location of birth/death		Uxbridge
Authority file	: Q29267899 VIAF : 309662904 GND : 1055008535

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1 August 1917 ^Gregorian

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