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English: Soldiers at a well. In the middle of a ruined cottage and a yard of rubble the existing caption says there is a well. You cannot see the well for the number of soldiers crowding around. Most soldiers are holding water cans.

The nickname 'Tommy' entered into general usage after the Rudyard Kipling poems, 'Tommy' and 'To Thomas Atkins' (1892), which pay homage to the sturdy character of the average British soldier. New and secure communication and supply lines were vital to an advancing army's success.
[Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT. Tommies at a well.']

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  • World War One official British photographs
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  • nls:dodid 74545870
  • nls:derivative 60
  • nls:dodprojectid 74462370
  • Photographic prints
  • Flanders
  • France
  • Black-and-white prints (photographs)
  • Cottages
  • Propaganda
  • Rubble
  • Ruins
  • Soldiers
  • War photography
  • Wells (structures)
  • Photojournalism
  • Cans (containers)
  • World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front
  • organization:library nationallibraryofscotland
  • owner:name nationallibraryofscotland
  • nls:source solrxml
  • ww1
  • wwi
  • world war one
  • great war
  • 1914-1918
  • great
  • war
  • The Great War
  • First World War
  • World War I
  • water cans
  • well
  • water
Camera location46° 42′ 38.41″ N, 1° 43′ 05.48″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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current21:41, 19 January 2022Thumbnail for version as of 21:41, 19 January 20221,000 × 760 (106 KB)Ich (talk | contribs)https://deriv.nls.uk/dcn30/60.30.jpg
16:16, 16 November 2016Thumbnail for version as of 16:16, 16 November 2016600 × 456 (44 KB)Fæ (talk | contribs)National Library of Scotland, Set 72157624150609895, ID 4688653064, Original title Tommies at a well

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