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.

'His Majesty inspecting shells at Holmes & Co., Ltd, munition works, Hull'.
Order #12811.
 

'Her Majesty walking through the Guard of Honour of nurses of R.N. Hospital, Hull'.
Order #12812.
 

'H.R.H. The Prince of Wales in the garden of the chateau which was his headquarters in France'.
Order #12813.
 

'Lady Buxton going on board hospital ship, Ebani, to open same'.
Order #12815.
 

'Gen. Sir James Willcocks and staff leaving his headquarters for the trenches'.
Order #12820.
 

'Sir James Willcocks and Gen. Southey visit an outpost held by the Black Watch near Fauquissart'.
Order #12822.
 
 

'F.M. Sir Douglas Haig, inspecting sailors who took part in the raids on Ostend and Zeebrugge'.
Order #12823.
 

'Field Marshal Viscount French riding with ADCs and Indian cavalry escort'.
Order #12824.
 

'F.M. Sir John French, C.-in-C. in France, with A.D.C.s at General Head Quarters'.
Order #12825.
 

'British and Indian officers of the 9th Gurkhas at their Headquarters in France'.
Order #12828.
 

'British and Indian officers of 1/1st Gurkhas outside their Headquarters in a Flanders village'.
Order #12829.
 

'Officers' refuge when the shell fire becomes too dangerous'.
Order #12830.
 

'Jullunder Brigade Staff at their Headquarters in France'.
Order #12831.
 

'Staff officers at cavalry headquarters studying the plan of attack'.
Order #12832.
 

'Stalwart Anzacs loyal to the Motherland, passing through London'.
Order #12834.
 

'Lord Kitchener with Lord Mayor inspecting the Guard of Honour at the Guildhall'.
Order #12835.
 

'Presentation of V.C. and other honours by H.M. the King to battle-scarred heroes in Hyde Park'.
Order #12836.
Price $5.
 

'Lord French and staff reviewing units of the new army in Hyde Park'.
Order #12837.
 

'England's great welcome to our new Ally, American troops marching through London'.
Order #12839.
 

'Victory march of London's own regiments; saluting the Lord Mayor'.
Order #12841.
 

'Victorious Indians triumphal march through London'.
Order #12842.
 

'"Anzac Day" in London. The Motherland pays homage to the "Giants of Gallipoli"'.
Order #12843.
 

'Peace procession of Indian troops saluting the Unknown Warrior at the Cenotaph, Whitehall'.
Condition. Slight fault in building area.
Order #12844.
 

'General Brits saying farewell to his Command at conclusion of campaign, East Africa'.
Order #12845.
 
 
 

'The end of the war, commemorated by a review of the Empire's Forces in London'.
Order #12847.
 

Keystone 'Uncle Sam and John Bull again fast friends - Yankee troops in London'. Descriptive text.
Order #12848.
 

'Officers of the 15th Btn., 48th Highlanders. Their last parade before demobilization'.
Order #12849.
 

'The Navy took them over and the Navy brought them back - some fifteen million men'.
Order #12850.

Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knife us . . .
Wearied we keep awake because the night is silent . . .
Low drooping flares confuse our memory of the salient . . .
Worried by silence, sentries whisper, curious, nervous,
                     But nothing happens.

Watching, we hear the mad gusts tugging on the wire.
Like twitching agonies of men among its brambles.
Northward incessantly, the flickering gunnery rumbles,
Far off, like a dull rumour of some other war.
                     What are we doing here?

The poignant misery of dawn begins to grow . . .
We only know war lasts, rain soaks, and clouds sag stormy.
Dawn massing in the east her melancholy army
Attacks once more in ranks on shivering ranks of gray,
                     But nothing happens.

Sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence.
Less deadly than the air that shudders black with snow,
With sidelong flowing flakes that flock, pause and renew,
We watch them wandering up and down the wind's nonchalance,
                     But nothing happens.

Wilfred Owen. Killed in action 4 November 1918