Different Worlds: Pictures of the Past: World War One

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In the Trenches

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It meant a lot to them.

Three soldiers, perched on a pile of sandbags in a corner of a muddy, sandbag walled trench, hold up a copy of the Evening Times showing the headline which fills the front page: '5th S.R. in the trenches: Honoured by the King'.

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Sniping at the enemy.

One soldier aims his rifle through a gap in the breastworks, while another turns to look at the camera.

Dugout (1).

View of a tiny dugout shelter.

Dugout (2).

Inside one of the larger dugouts.

Dugout (3).

View of a dugout, showing the canvas flap which could be pulled down to give a little privacy.

"Water, water everywhere..."

A young soldier.

A young soldier stands in a muddy trench, carrying a bucket.

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Trench or canal?

A soldier wades through the knee deep water in the trench.

Still wading.

The soldier continues wading along the water-filled trench.

Wrestling with barbed wire.

The soldier stands up to his knees in the water flooding the trench, wrestling with a tangle of barbed wire.

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