World War I 100th Anniversary - Gallery

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2018 sees the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.

Lasting from 28th July 1914 to 11th November 1918, World War I saw over nine million combatants and seven million civilians die.

At 11am on the 11th November 1918, "the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month", a ceasefire came into effect that would end of one of deadliest conflicts in history.

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A soldier writing a letter in hospital, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
 
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Some cheerful wounded from the Neuve Chapelle fighting, wearing captured German helmets, 1915
 
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Murdered Archduke Francis Ferdinand with his wife and children, c1910
 
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Victory celebrations underneath Eros, Piccadilly, London, 1918, (1938)
 
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A children's tea party in an East End Street in London, to celebrate the Treaty of Versailles at t
 
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Girl workers in a munitions factory 1915
 
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Till The Boys Come Home, 1917. Artist: Hazell, Watson and Viney
 
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An evening in the reserve trenches at Beaumont Hamel, France, World War I, 1914-1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
 
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David Lloyd George, British politician, c1920. Artist: Haines
 
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Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, British soldier, c1920. Artist: HW Barnett
 
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The sinking of the Lusitania 7 May 1915
 
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First aid to a wounded man in one of the French trenches 1915
 
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Issuing passes for a few days leave at home to the wounded Serbian troops at Nish 1915
 
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A French telephone post 1915
 
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The German advance through Galicia: A bivouac of troops by the roadside 1915
 
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Galicia and the Carpathian Passes 1915
 
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The launching of the War Loan 1915
 
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Part of Canada's gift of flour of the relief of war distress in England 1915
 
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Packing gifts for despatch to British prisoners in Germany 1915
 
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The result of an air raid: A wrecked house in Southend 1915
 
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Help! 1914-1918
 
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Homeward bound, with their great task greatly finished, 1919
 
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Train of the Wounded, 1915
 
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A Son's Grave, 1915
 
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The Military Miss - Come an 'ave one. c1914
 
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The Vindictive at Zeebrugge 1918 (1919). Artist: Charles John De Lacy
 
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Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty (3) c1916
 
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Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty (1) c1916
 
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A munitions factory, World War I, 1917 (1938). Artist: Horace Walter Nicholls
 
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Dancing celebrates the end of war, 1918 (1935)
 
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The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors,Versailles, 28th June 1919 1919 (1935) Artist: William Newenham Montague Orpen
 
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Belgian refugees on the harbour at Ostend waiting for a boat to take them to England, 1914
 
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Arrest of Gavrilo Princip, assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, 1914
 
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Russian Minister of Finance in England: M. Bark on his way to the House of Commons, 1914
 
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Fighting throught the night at Mory France, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
 
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A tank breaking through the wire at Cambrai France, World War I, c1917-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
 
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His Majesty inspects the shells at Holmes and Co Ltd, Hull, Yorkshire, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
 
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A section of Seaforth Highlanders snatching a moments respite, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
 
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Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, British soldier, early 20th century
 
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Zeppelin airship caught in searchlights during a bombing raid over England, 1916
 
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Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, British Field Marshal, diplomat and statesman, 1902.Artist: G Lekegian
 
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Our Grand Allies 1914
 
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Celebrating the end of the First World War, London, November 1918
 
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Allied victims of a poison gas, temporarily blinded, at a French hospital, World War I, c1915-c1918
 
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The mail arrives during the Battle of the Somme, France, World War I, 1916
 
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Field Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, Secretary for War, 1914-1916, (c1920). Artist: Russell & Sons
 
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To Your Health, Civilisation! 1916. Artist: Louis Raemaekers
 
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Edward, Prince of Wales, First World War, 1914-1918, (c1920)
 
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Scouts making their way through the forests of East Africa, World War I, 1914-1918.Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
 
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The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London
 
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Trench warfare, Bourlon Wood, France, World War I, 1914-1918.Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
 
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Interior of the commodious hospital at Brighton, Sussex, World War I, 1914-1918.Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
 
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Sir John French, Commander-in-Chief of the BEF, France, World War I, 1914-1915.Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
 
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Infantry fitted with the latest gas marks and steel helmets, World War I, 1915-1918.Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
 
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Poppy Fields, Great Bookham, Surrey, England, c2000
 
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Journée du Poilu 25 et 26 Décembre 1915 French World War I poster, 1915
 
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Troops at rest, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1915-1916
 
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Albert I of Belgium, leaving by plane to visit the lines of the Yser, c1917
 
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German Officer with his dog in the trenches, c.1914
 
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Some cheerful wounded from the Neuve Chapelle fighting, wearing captured German helmets, 1915
 
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Listening post in a shell hole in No Man's Land, near Lagnicourt, France, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
 
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Men who fell covering the retreat of the 5th Army at Albert France, World War I, 1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
 
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Artillery making their way through mud to Gommecourt, France, World War I, c1914-c1918. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
 
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Assault in Trones Wood, Somme, France, World War I, 1916. Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers
 
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