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Front line trench on La Bassée front

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AuthorJones, David (1895-1974)
TitleFront line trench on La Bassée front
NotesSketch drawing in pencil by David Jones inscribed 'March 1916 / Front line trench on the La Bassée front'. Soldiers cook over a brazier in front of a dugout, a rifle with fixed bayonet lies close to hand.
Item DateMarch 1916
Creation placeLa Bassée (Google Maps)
File typeImage
Item sourceFolio
Item mediumPaper
Writing mediumPencil
ContentDrawing
Item height114
Item width178
KeywordsTrench, Fighting Men, Western Front
Collection IDDavid Jones Papers RWF 3998b.4
Repository nameThe Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum
Repository address
The Castle
Caernarfon
Gwynedd
LL55 2AY
UK
Repository URLhttp://www.rwfmuseum.org.uk/
CataloguerAlisa Miller and Alun Edwards
FilenameDJRWF04.JPG
CopyrightThe Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum / The David Jones Literary Estate
Digital repositoryThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/6161