2-752-181 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

British soldiers after the Battle of St Eloi, Flanders, First World War, 27 March 1916, (c1920). 'Happy Warriors: officers and men of the Northumberland Fusiliers - the "Fighting Fifth" - photographed with their trophies immediately after their successful advance'. The 9th Brigade, including 1st Battalion The Northumberland Fusiliers, attacked heavily defended positions around St Eloi, three miles south of Ypres. From "The Great World War: A History", Volume V, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920]