Imperial Legacies

Imperial Legacies : revealing the Victoria League’s first world war images

Picturing Imperial Legacies

Click on the thumbnails to discover the story behind some of the fascinating images in the Victoria League collection.
These sections were written by Greg Hynes.

MB367/148966, A lone Australian sentry keeps watch
MB367/149002, The ruined interior of Albert Cathedral
MB367/148809, Roll call of 1st Battalion of Lancashire Fusiliers
MB367/148991, Five Royal Artillerymen and a New Zealand trooper near Becourt Wood
MB367/149011, German prisoners captured during the Battle of Theipval
MB 367/48915, Members of the British West Indies Regiment
MB367/148845, Wounded Canadian soldiers being taken from the front line
MB367/148870, A British Mark I Tank moving across the battlefield at Thiepval