RMG16B5C–Remains of dead World War I soldier hanging on barbed wire. In World War I, no man's land was often ranged from several hundred yards to in some cases less than 10 yards. Heavily defended by machine guns, mortars, artillery and riflemen on both sides, it
RMG3C0KK–Corpses lie scattered in No Man's Land, following the British offensive at Neuve Chapelle, France, March 1915. Date: March 1915
RMDYEDEH–Soldier lies dead in the space between the trenches known as 'No Man's Land'. Dated 1914
RM2KFMPWP–PASCHENDALE, BELGIUM - 1917 - No man's land...Mud, water, and barbed wire illustrate the horrible terrain through which the Canadians advanced at the
RMD8BCBF–NO MAN'S LAND WWI
RMBKE9T4–WWI infantry soldiers leaving trenches and charging enemy through no-man's-land at front in Flanders during First World War One
RMMBJXT8–No Man's Land
RMDD7353–World War 1. No Man's Land - once a forest in 'Flanders's Fields' after four years as a battleground in World War 1. Photo ca.
RMD5G290–No Mans Land, Flanders Field, France, 1919 (LOC)
RFW37KK6–The caption on this photo that dates to the early 1920s reads: Americans in shell holes in No Man’s Land preparing for the gas waves coming toward them.
RMA4JHKW–Canadian troops in no man's land, Vimy, France, First World War, 9 April 1917. Artist: Unknown
RM2JN7546–WESTERN FRONT, FRANCE - circa 1917 - No man's land...A destroyed British Army tank in no man's land on the Western Front during World War I. In the ba
RMB5EWK3–Bringing the wounded across no man's land whilst under fire October 1916
RMDR9P40–Battle of Verdun 1916
RM2F3TA7X–WWI - Trench warfare - French soldiers before Verdun throwing hand grenades across the neutral zone to the German lines.
RMJXXT54–Im Niemandsland bei Lens, Frankreich 1918. No Man's land near, Lens, France 1918.
RMEFNXEB–German soldiers using a Minenwerfer or mine launcher in no man's land during World War One.
RMD8BCAJ–NO MAN'S LAND
RM2JYY19J–Aerial reconnaissance photograph of the opposing trenches and no-man's land between Loos and Hulluch in Artois, France, taken at 7.15 pm, 22 July 1917. German trenches are at the right and bottom, British trenches are at the top left. The vertical line to the left of centre indicates the course of a pre-war road or track. The location is Hill 70, attacked and taken between 15 and 25 August 1917 by the Canadian Corps. World War One 1919
RMG16B54–Entitled: No man's land. Sketch shows soldiers during a battle in World War I by Lucien Jonas. In World War I, no man's land was often ranged from several hundred yards to in some cases less than 10 yards. Heavily defended by machine guns, mortars, artill
RMF0TBB2–A German liquid fire attack against British troops along a No-Man's land quagmire on the Western Front, World War I
RM2F61KRT–James Reese Europe, On Patrol In No Man's Land, 1919
RMEMBJEF–Preparations for a night adventure into No Man's Land - These men are getting ready for the night's work. They are taking bombs from their pockets and putting them in pouches or into Lewis-Gun buckets. On the right is an officer signalling with a flashlight captured from the Germans
RMBH6BDW–No Man's Land lit by a flare. Winter trench warfare during the First World War.
RF2HG3D7E–World War I. No man's land near Lens, France. 1914-1918
RMBKEAP2–Belgian WWI infantry soldiers waiting in trenches to charge Germans in West Flanders during First World War One, Belgium
RMDD72PC–World War 1. Western front battleground has been churned up by shell explosions so that it bears no resemblance to its
RME2361T–The mine crater pond and planting in 'No Man's Land: ABF The Soldiers' Charity Garden' to mark the Centenary of World War One
RMF5GF12–Frontline, No Man's Land and Battle Field, Ovillers-la-Boiselle, France
RMF95N7E–French Airforce, WW1.
RM2JN9N59–PASCHENDALE, BELGIUM - 1917 - No man's land...Mud, water, and barbed wire illustrate the horrible terrain through which the Canadians advanced at the
RMCF95MF–rifle men soldiers charge Crossing no man's land somme
RMMBJXHF–Aussies at Chateau Wood - No Man's Land
RMBKEC97–WWI Belgian soldier returning from reconnaissance patrol in flooded terrain in West Flanders during First World War One, Belgium
RMWH8N0J–Star Shells being fired at night to illuminate no man's land near Beaumont Hamel 2 July 1916 second day of the Battle of the Somme
RM2FW57WT–World War One, WWI, Western Front - Bringing in the wounded across no-man's Land, France
RMD8BCB9–NO MAN'S LAND 1ST WW
RMT0XHHE–First World War / WWI, Western front, staff sergeant Artur Zebrowski is sounding the signal for the truce, no man's land near La Capelle, 7.11.1918, coloured photograph, cigarette card, series 'Die Nachkriegszeit', 1935, soldier, soldiers, army, armies, cavalry, cavalries, horseman, horsemen, cavalryman, cavalrymen, horse, bugler, buglers, trumpeter, trumpeters, end of the war, war's end, front, fronts, France, German, German Empire, Imperial Era, people, 20th century, 1930s, world war, world wars, signal, signals, truce, truces, coloured, colore, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available
RMG3BY9F–WW1 - No Man's Land as seen in 1920
RMKWCW74–World War 1. American infantry advancing under fire on the Western Front in 1918. In their first battles, U.S. troops made frontal assaults into machine gun fire, which the Europeans had abandoned in favor of more cautious defensive tactics. (BSLOC 2013 1 197)
RMCMPGRP–A wiring party. Soldiers erecting barbed wire entanglements in No Man's Land under cover of darkness during World War One.
RMDD71RW–World War I aerial photo of French troops on the Somme Front, launching an attack on the Germans. 1916-18.
RMDR9EKR–Informal armistice 1914
RF2HG3D23–Vintage photo of World War I. 1914-1918. Serbian trench. Awaiting phone call from listening post to fire rocket for illuminating 'No man's land'
RMG3BBRG–British and German troops fraternise on the field of battle on Christmas Eve, greeting each other and exchanging goodwill, and are even photographed together. Date: 24 December 1914
RM2B2B7X6–After the armistice, contacts between Germans and RUssians came up at the front. In the picture, there are Russian soldiers killing time at play.
RME235TT–The mine crater pond and planting in 'No Man's Land: ABF The Soldiers' Charity Garden' to mark the Centenary of World War One
RMG3CYXF–American attack on the German Front line - France - WW1
RMDY0F42–Chateau Wood near Ypres
RMG39YM5–Lisening-post in an advanced trench near Souchez 1915
RMEDBRYM–Western Front '14, Germany - France.
RMG3BBRF–A light of peace in the trenches on Christmas Eve as a German soldier approaches the British lines with a Christmas Tree and small paper lantern. Date: December 1914
RMCMMABX–London, UK. 5th November 2013. Photographer Mike St. Maur Sheil with the Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with the Loos Football (This is the football which the London Irish Rifles kicked across No Mans Land on Sept 25th 1915 as they attacked the German positions in the town of Loos) at the Fields of Battle Lands of Peace 14-18 pre-launch exhibition at Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament, London. Announcing a major commemorative WWI exhibition by World Press Photo Award-winning photographer Mike St. Credit: Paul Brown/Alamy Live News
RMET453X–Coils of original barbed wire from First World War in no man's land, German bunker in background, Hartmannswillerkopf, France
RM2FW5C99–World War One, WWI, Western Front - A Look-out in a front line trench with barbed wire in No Man's Land, France
RMABFK7T–Flying F E 2b 1938 magazine with the British fighter a pusher biplane of which c1200 were built over no mans land
RM2M3PBNP–A party of men from the Royal Army Medical Corps bringing in the wounded from No Man's Land after an action on the Western Front. Crawling along on their bellies, the men have to keep close to the ground and haul the injured back to the British lines over broken and shell pitted ground to avoid enemy fire. Any slight depression in the ground offers some temporary shelter. In the case of this picture, the wounded belong to a wiring party and so there is the added difficulty of the disorderly coils of wire to be overcome by the men of the Medical Corps. In many cases, the work of rescuing th
RM2G3CPXE–Lilleshall, Shropshire, England. 15th June 2021. A large poppy field near the village of Lilleshall in Shropshire. The crop is harvested for the seeds and the distinctive red petals are expected to fall off in the coming days when the rain comes. Poppy fields attract hundreds of visitors to the area and many view them as a sign of remembrance for both World Wars as the plant was the only flower to grow in the trenches after years of heavy shelling. Pic by Katie Stewart/Alamy Live News
RM2A5XPX1–A DEAD GERMAN FOUND ON 'NO MAN'S LAND.' ca. 1918
RMT8RK79–'A Infantry Attack Across 'No Man's Land'', (1919). Creator: Unknown.
RMDD72PP–World War 1. Both sides launched flares between the trenches at regular intervals to illuminate 'no man's land' to detect
RMW7E5F1–The Sun going down over 'no man's land' on the Somme, France, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
RMD8BF57–DEAD GERMAN SOLDIER WWI
RM2HHJC89–On Dec. 25, 1914, five months into World War I, British and German troops on the Western Front stopped fighting in a spontaneous ceasefire, soldiers from opposing nations put their weapons aside to enjoy carols and a game of soccer together. Our Picture Shows British officers from Northumberland Hussars meeting their German counterparts in no mans land of the Bridoux-Rouge Banc Sector of the Western Front during the Christmas truce of 1914. BRITISH AND GERMAN SOLDIERS PHOTOGRAPHED TOGETHER WWI Foes became friends on Christmas Day, when the British and Germans arranged an unofficial truce. Tir
RM2M3K2KR–British 'runner' carrying messages across 'No Man's Land' under enemy shell-fire, France, 1916. Under the 'etiquette' employed by British 'runners' they were allowed to run when being shot at with rifles, but could only walk when shell-fire was landing nearby. Date: 1916
RM2J8TRJM–Original WW1 era cheeky trench humour comic cartoon postcard of a soldier at the front with a tin helmet over his backside, brains blown out joke, 1914-1918.
RM2M3NTNR–"In No Man's Land: The Dread Territory Which Belongs to Neither German nor Briton" Royal engineers, working in the dark of No Man's Land to construct barbed wire barriers in front of British trenches, are exposed by German magnesium flares, giving this illustration a Caravaggioesque quality. Such work was extremely risky, or "nervy", as one Royal Engineer described it to The Times. He went on to say, "..it is done in the open and out of the kindly cover afforded by a trench... fortunate indeed is the working party if the enemy does not hear the sound of the picket b
RMD9XAJN–General view across a field, a WW1 front line area beside the Ovillers Military Cemetery, Albert ,Somme, Picardy, France.
RMG3C29D–WW1 - An officer's patrol bringing in a prisoner at gunpoint, crawling low on the ground across No Man's Land at night. Date: 1917
RMFAFR14–World War One Khaki Chums Cross monument to remember Christmas Truce in the No Man’s Land of Ploegsteert, West Flanders, Belgium
RM2M3K1X7–British stretcher-bearers collecting their wounded in no man's land whilst coming under fire from German artillery. One of the teams (on right) is composed of German prisoners of war. The Illustrated London News reported that the prisoners were used for such work during emergencies and were usually content to do so. Date: 1916
RMCMMACG–London, UK. 5th November 2013. Photographer Mike St. Maur Sheil with the Loos Football (This is the football which the London Irish Rifles kicked across No Mans Land on Sept 25th 1915 as they attacked the German positions in the town of Loos) at the Fields of Battle Lands of Peace 14-18 pre-launch exhibition at Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament, London. Announcing a major commemorative WWI exhibition by World Press Photo Award-winning photographer Mike St. Maur Sheil which will launch in London in 2014 and tour English towns for the next four years. Credit: Paul Brown/Alamy Live News
RMET44BX–View into no-man's-land from French trench into German trench, Hartmannswillerkopf battlefield, Alsace, France
RMM1F4RB–WWI - First World War Soldiers from the Northumberland Yeomanry meeting with German troops during the Christmas Truce 1914
RM2M3RG7E–Capturing German news designed to undermine their allegiance: Irish answering enemy taunts in 1916. The taking of the placards: Munster fusiliers cross no-man's land by night, charge to the German trenches, and capture news notices as to Ireland and Kut el Amara placed there by the enemy. 1916
RM2DK8A8N–WWI on the Somme - British soldiers withdrawn from the front line after a battle, rest in abandoned trenches. After completing their stint at the front line, units were sent to the rear of the battlefield for rest, and later for recreation and further training in near 'normal' conditions far removed from the hardship and horror of the front line trenches.
RM2G3CPWF–Lilleshall, Shropshire, England. 15th June 2021. A large poppy field near the village of Lilleshall in Shropshire. The crop is harvested for the seeds and the distinctive red petals are expected to fall off in the coming days when the rain comes. Poppy fields attract hundreds of visitors to the area and many view them as a sign of remembrance for both World Wars as the plant was the only flower to grow in the trenches after years of heavy shelling. Pic by Katie Stewart/Alamy Live News
RM2A5XPKB–A DEAD GERMAN FOUND ON 'NO MAN'S LAND.' ca. 1918
RM2M3PC3P–The First Armistice by Fortunino Matania, showing Russian emissaries presenting their credentials to German officers. The first step towards peace negotiations was taken by the Russian parliamentaires who, in the first days of December 1917 were chosen to discuss matters at the headquarters of the German Commander-in-Chief. they left the Russian lines with a white flag and a bugler, and after walking 300 yards across No Man's Land met German officers close to the latter's barbed-wire entanglements. Their eyes were bandaged and they were taken to headquarters, where they presented their cred
RMDD72RD–World War 1. R.A.M.C. (Royal Army Medical Corps) bringing in the wounded from No Man's land after a battle. In many cases,
RMW7E6B3–Listening post in a shell hole in No Man's Land, near Lagnicourt, France, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
RM2M3NTPA–"Concerned!" Caption: Disappointed Tommy to Officer (after waiting several hours for an expected assault by the enemy which has not come off): "I do hope as 'ow nothin' serious 'as 'appened to the poor devils, sir" In some areas of the Western Front, there was a "live and let live" attitude towards the enemy and many British soldiers retained a grudging respect for their German counterparts. Wiring parties or stretcher-bearers would often work parallel to each other in No Man's Land at night, and there was occasional banter thrown from trench to oppos
RM2TA03HH–WW1 World War I - A village in No Man's Land held by the enemy
RM2B2B7W7–Russian and German soldiers meet between the wire entanglements in the no-man's-land on neutral ground.
RMB4GFNG–View across no man's land towards Serre Road No 3 and Queens CWGC British Cemeteries, nr Serre, the Somme, France.
RM2B2B7XB–German and Russian soldiers in no-man's-land between the positions on neutral ground. A German soldier lights the cigarette of a Russian soldier.
RMD4J7YG–A field of maize/corn stalks growing in northern France. This area was part of No Mans Land on the WWI Somme Battlefield.
RMG784GD–Photographer Michael St.Maur Sheil, holds the 'Loos Football' in front of his picture of the ball at Loos, which was kicked across no man's land by troops from the London Irish Regiment during the Battle of Loos in September 1915 as they advanced towards the enemy lines, during a preview of the Royal British Legion's Fields of Battle, Lands of Peace public street gallery in St James's Park central London, a series of present day photographs of WWI battlefields marking the centenary of the start of WWI.
RMFAFR12–World War One Khaki Chums Cross monument to remember Christmas Truce in the No Man’s Land of Ploegsteert, West Flanders, Belgium
RMHHW2HY–British soldiers erecting barbed wire entanglements in No Man's Land at night. Star shell flares seen behind. First World War,
RMCMMACC–London, UK. 5th November 2013. Photographer Mike St. Maur Sheil with the Loos Football (This is the football which the London Irish Rifles kicked across No Mans Land on Sept 25th 1915 as they attacked the German positions in the town of Loos) at the Fields of Battle Lands of Peace 14-18 pre-launch exhibition at Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament, London. Announcing a major commemorative WWI exhibition by World Press Photo Award-winning photographer Mike St. Maur Sheil which will launch in London in 2014 and tour English towns for the next four years. Credit: Paul Brown/Alamy Live News
RM2ATJFNN–The Western Front Description: Helping a wounded prisoner across No-Man's Land Annotation: The Western Front. British soldier helps a wounded German prisoner by Niemandsland Date: {1914-1918} Keywords: WWI, fronts, wounded, prisoner of war
RMFWC764–Remains of Canadian Army trenches (bottom) and German army trenches (top). No-mans land spanned only a few yards.
RM2RB1P66–British infantry maning a listening post in no mans land on the Western Front during the First World War.
RM2RC1JAW–Soldiers look out into no man’s land from their trenches during World War One. The photograph provides a glimpse into the hazardous conditions and stark landscapes that defined the warfare of the time.
RM2G3CPY0–Lilleshall, Shropshire, England. 15th June 2021. A large poppy field near the village of Lilleshall in Shropshire. The crop is harvested for the seeds and the distinctive red petals are expected to fall off in the coming days when the rain comes. Poppy fields attract hundreds of visitors to the area and many view them as a sign of remembrance for both World Wars as the plant was the only flower to grow in the trenches after years of heavy shelling. Pic by Katie Stewart/Alamy Live News
RMW2GW1X–A DEAD GERMAN FOUND ON 'NO MAN'S LAND.' ca. 1918
RM2RCHKEM–'Drawing by Captain George Harding, an official American Military Artist, depicting a German plane crashing in No Man's Land during the Verdun Offensive. This photograph was taken as reference for creating artwork. Issue number 57014 with description and symbols provided by the photographer's reconnaissance. Notes indicate the context of the drawing.'
RMDD72PY–World War 1. British soldiers creeping through 'no man's land' to raid the enemy's trench. The raiders had to silently force
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