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File:18pdrsUnderFireBattleofArras24April1917.jpg

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THE BATTLE OF ARRAS 1917
A battery of 18-pounder field guns under German fire close to Monchy-le-Preux. In the foreground is an advanced dressing station.


Comment : This photograph shows gunners in action in the Second Battle of the Scarpe.
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This photograph Q 6292 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 1900-13)
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John Warwick Brooke  (1886–1929)  wikidata:Q29267899
 
John Warwick Brooke
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Warwick Brooke
Description British photographer
Date of birth/death 30 May 1886 Edit this at Wikidata 1929 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Uxbridge Edit this at Wikidata
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