Almost
all of my World War One material is by H. D. Girdwood, an English company,
who sold their views under the trade name 'Realistic Travels'. Most of
their views are of a higher quality than WWI views by Underwood although,
due to the high gloss, they do not scan very well. They will therefore
almost all be of far higher quality than they appear on the screen.
Please
click here for a high quality
scan which gives a true indication of the quality.
Underwood
photographers were not present on the battlefield sites between 1916 when
the Kaiser said he could not guarantee the safety of war photographers,
and the end of hostilities in 1918. Girdwood's views therefore have more
immediacy and action. They were issued in sets of between 50 and 500 views
so the numbering sequence is pretty muddled. Customers could also pick
out the views they required and so a box or collection may have non-sequential
numbering. They come on Underwood-type mounts or on lighter mounts with
curved or beveled edges. These are interchangeable and most views appear
on both types of mount.
Our
valued American customers may ask why there are practically no US troops
in these views. The reason is simple; despite Holywood rewriting history,
most of these views were taken between 1915 and 1917 when the USA was a
neutral country.
These are ALL condition 8, 9 or 10 and priced at $8 each unless otherwise mentioned.
'Belgian
stretcher-bearers carrying a wounded comrade through the trenches at Dixmunde'.
Order
#12751.
'The
British Red Cross in the field, ready for its errand of mercy'.
Order
#12752.
'Arrival
of casualties at a Regimental aid post'.
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#12754.
'Tenderly
lifting a serious case. Stretcher-bearers at work'.
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#12755.
'Receiving
first aid from his sergeant in a sap during the height of battle at Peronne'.
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#12757.
'Ambulances
waiting to receive casualties from the battlefield'.
Order
#12758.
'Stretcher-bearers
tenderly lifting a serious case for removal to the ambulance'.
Order
#12759.
Keystone
'Taking away the wounded in motor ambulance (Somme)'. Descriptive text.
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#12760.
'Tenderly
lifting a wounded comrade into a hospital train during the East African
campaign'.
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#12761.
'Giving
water to a wounded pal beside a Hun block house shattered in our advance
at Hooge, Ypres'.
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#12762.
'A gallant
deed: A wounded officer is carried across the Aisne River to the safety
of a dugout'.
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#12763.
'Gallant
stretcher bearers rescue a hard hit comrade during the crossing of the
Lys'.
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#12764.
'Stretcher
bearers rescue a wounded lad hit in crossing of Ancre in attack on Thiepval
Ridge'.
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#12765.
'Attending
to wounded on the Menim Road, Ypres, during the stiff fighting around Zonnebeke'.
Order
#12766.
Keystone
'Red Cross dog and soldier for whom he got help'. Descriptive text.
Order
#12767.
'Dogs
with first aid and stimulants off to search for wounded in inaccesible
parts of no-man's land'.
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#12768.
'Tenderly
carrying a "blighty" case to an aid post through the maze of trenches at
Passchendaele'.
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#12770.
'Courage
unsurpassed! Crawling through the wire to rescue fallen comrades, victims
of a deadly shell'.
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#12771.
'After
the storm and stress of battle, caring for the wounded'.
Order
#12772.
Keystone
'French field hospital - locating a bullet with X-ray machine'. Descriptive
text.
Order
#12773.
'Arrivals
of wounded at a base hospital'.
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#12774.
'Interior
of the commodious hospital at Brighton'.
Order
#12775.
'Dear
Mother, this hospital is "tres bon" and the nurses are angels'.
Order
#12776.
'Dowsing
Heat Rays by which our brave men are restored to health'.
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#12777.
Keystone
'The horror of war; ghastly glimpse of Belgian wounded, Antwerp Hospital'.
Descriptive text.
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#12778.
'Men
who fell covering the retreat of the 5th Army at Albert during the Hun
offensive in 1918'.
Order
#12779.
'Uncovering
men who fell contesting the crater at Zouave Woods, stormed by the irresistible
6th Div.'
Order
#12783.
'Casualties
after the charge has swept over. Captured positions under German shell
fire'.
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#12784.
'Casualties
on the embankment after our assault of the formidable "Railway Triangle"
near Arras'.
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#12785.
'The
price of victory! - Brave lads who fell in an early morning raid on the
Hun lines'.
Order
#12787.
Keystone
'Proud men of the north who fought on Flanders Fields'. Descriptive text.
Order
#12789.
'Uncovering
men who fell contesting the crater at Zouave Woods, stormed by the irresistible
6th Div.'.
'Casualties
in our line after the deadly Bosche bombardment which forced us across
the Aisne'.
'Although
suffering heavily, they never faltered until they had taken the German
trenches'.
'Brave
lads who fell going over the top in a gallant attack'.
'After
the assault on Mouquet Farm, Thiepval Ridge, taken by our matchless infantry
at heavy cost'.
'Knocked
out! A nest of Hun machine-guns which held up our advance at Monchy, Battle
of Arras'.
Keystone
'Body of a German aviator in wrecked machine. Back of the French lines'.
Descriptive text.
'With
our fighting forces on the Western Front'.
'Grave
of a British officer at Sedal Bahr, Dardanelles'.
Keystone
'Internment of the fallen brave in the cemetery at Villers au Bois, France'.
Descriptive text.
Keystone
'"And now we lie in Flanders' Fields". Vallee Foulon, France'. Descriptive
text.
'Tyncot
Cemetery, Passchendaele Ridge, where 20,000 British fell in storming the
Hun block-houses'.
'Ground
hallowed by British blood, the Potijze Chateau Lawn Cemetery, Ypres'.
'Here
rest the lads who fell at Hooge, in holding back the Huns who attacked
with liquid fire, Ypres'.
To
page one - Troops on the move
To
page four - Guns and gunners
To
page five - In the trenches, over the top, fixed defenses, communications,
materiel
To
page seven - Battlefield landscapes, prisoners
To
page eight - Miscellaneous and war damage
Condition. Stains and marks.
Order
#12791.
Price $5.
Order
#12792.
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#12793.
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#12794.
Condition.
Slightly darker on l/h image but scanner has struggled to reproduce.
Order
#12795.
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#12796.
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#12797.
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#12798.
Condition.
Good view, lousy scan. Small scratch top of l/h image'.
Order
#12799.
Price
$5.
Order
#12800.
Order
#12801
Order
#12802.
Order
#12803.
Order
#12804.
