| Content Note | List of photographs:
1) ‘Bouzincourt 1919’ – street scene showing road through town, with destroyed buildings on either side and a man on a horse and cart
2) ‘Albert’ – close up of ruined building, probably a church
3) ‘Longueval Church 1919’ – pile of rubble
4) ‘Albert’ – ruined buildings
5) ‘Ralph Staight – Beaurains B.C. June 1919’ – view of Beaurains Road Cemetery, with wooden grave markers. Crosses of 2nd Lt. Ralph Neville Staight, Rifleman F. J. Barton, and L/Cpl F. Rushton are visible.
6) ‘18th Division Trones Wood’ – 18th Division Memorial, Trones Wood
7) ’53rd Inf. Bgde (18th Div Memorial) Trones Wood 1919 – 53rd Infantry Brigade Memorial, Trones Wood
8) ‘La Boiselee 1919’ – view of shell and mine damaged landscape at La Boisselle
9) ‘Guillemont Church Feb 1919’ – ruins of Guillemont church
10) ‘Albert Church 1919’ – ruins of Albert Church
11) ‘Old Russian Gun in Bazentin Wood 1919’ – large Russian artillery gun at Bazentin Wood
12) ‘Canadian Artillery Memorial, Vimy’
13) ‘Bethune Church 1919’ – ruins of Bethune church
14) ‘Bethune Church’ – ruins of Bethune church
15) ‘Brother of Miss Hann F.A.N.Y.’ – photo is of a ruined building, probably a church. The caption does not match the photo and it is presumed refers to another photograph, now lost.
16) ‘Abancourt Church Villers Bret’ – ruins of Abancourt church, 1919
17) ‘Arras’ – ruins of building in Arras, 1919
18) ‘Arras Hotel de Ville’ – ruins of the Hotel de Ville, Arras, 1919
19) ‘On the River Road, Seine’ – view down road, with the River Seine on the right-hand side, 1919
20) ‘Isolated graves on the Somme, 1919’ – 6 wooden grave markers surrounded by vegetation
21) ‘15” German Gun at Chuignes Somme. Taken by Australians 1918, March 1919, A swarm of bees had settled inside the mounting of the gun, entering through a rivet hole’ – damaged German gun, with British officer standing nearby, March 1919
22) Different view of the same gun
23) Close up view of same gun
24) Another view of same gun, with British officer standing on top
25) ‘Near Hyde Park Corner, Plugstreet, 1919’ – view of trenches and dugouts near Hyde Park Corner
26) ‘Ruins of Lens March 1919’ – Pill Box’ – destroyed pill box near Lens
27) ‘Ruins of Lens March 1919 - Sucrerie’ – a destroyed sugar refinery in Lens, with several figures standing in front
28) ‘Ruins of Lens March 1919’ – destroyed buildings in Lens, much wood and rubble, with figure standing in foreground
29) ‘Ruins of Lens March 1919’ – destroyed buildings in Lens
30) ‘Entrance to Hohenzollern Redoubt, Loos Plain, 1919’ – memorial column, with barbed wire entanglements in right foreground.
31– 34) ‘Ypres 1919’ – four images of the destroyed Cloth Hall in Ypres, one with six soldiers standing or seated in foreground
35) ‘The Loos Plain from back of a moving car, 1919’ – landscape of the Loos plain, with blurred figure in foreground.
36) ‘Laventie Church, 1919’ – ruins of Laventie church
37) ‘Lens 1919’ – destroyed buildings and rubble
38) ‘Hotel de Ville, Lens 1919’ – ruins of the Hotel de Ville, Lens
39) ‘Lens 1919’ – destroyed buildings, metalwork and rubble
40) ‘Vimy 1919’ – view of treeless landscape
41) ‘Vimy 1919’ – landscape shot, with two tree stumps in middle distance, and churned up earth and soil in the foreground
42) ‘Beaumont Hamel 1919’ – view of churned up soil and earth
43) ‘The Church, Beaumont Hamel 1919’ – view of a pile of rubble
44) ‘Crater, Hawthorn Ridge 1919’ – shell crater at Hawthorn Ridge
45) ‘The Church, Auchonvillers 1919’ – ruins of the church in Auchonvillers
46) ‘Photograph of Picture by Nevinson Near Clery’ – Photograph of a painting by the British war artist Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson
47) ‘Near Clery’ – view of landscape near Clery, showing flooded ground, a row of wooden crosses, and an abandoned tank.
48) ‘The Church, Carency, 1919’ – ruins of church at Carency
49) ‘ The Temporary Village, Carency, 1919’ – view of a row of temporary buildings erected near Carency
50) ‘Group of isolated graves near the Brickstacks, Cuinchy, 1919’ – group of 5 (possibly 6) wooden crosses in front of a ruined building
51) ‘The Church, Becordel, 1919’ – pile of rubble which was the church at Becordel
52) ‘The Church Ablain St. Nazaire, 1919’ – ruins of the church at Ablain St. Nazaire
53) ‘Ablain St. Nazaire, 1919’ – ruins of the church at Ablain St. Nazaire
54) No Caption – further view of the ruined church at Ablain St. Nazaire
55) ‘The Camp, Hesdin, 1919’ – view of the IWGC camp at Hesdin in the snow in 1919
56 – 57) ‘The Church, Peronne, 1919’ – two views, taken from the inside of the ruins of the church at Peronne
58 – 59) ‘Bridge over Canal du Nord on Bapaume-Peronne Road, 1919’ – two similar views of a bridge over the Canal du Nord, with the canal being dry.
60) ‘Dud in wall of Cambrin Church, 1919’ – close up view of wall of Cambrin church, showing a dud shell embedded into the wall
61) ‘Arras’ – view of a damaged (church?) tower in Arras
62) ‘Arras’ – view of ruins in the town of Arras
63) ‘Bethune Church, Jan 1919’ – ruins of the church in Bethune
64) ‘Hinges Church, 1919’ – ruins of the church in Hinges. Sign on side of building reads ‘Boucherie Municipale.
65) ‘Bethune Grand Place, 1919’ – view of the Grand Place in Bethune, with damaged tower in the middle distance, rubble and ruined buildings in the fore and background, and several figures walking
66) ‘Bethune’ – view of a ruined building, probably a church, with rubble in front
67) ‘Bethune Church still burning, June 22, 1919’ – man standing in front of a slope of rubble, with the base of the church visible at the top
68) ‘Bethune’ – view of ruins in the town of Bethune, with trees interspersed between and some people in bottom right corner
69) ‘Bethune The Belfry’ – view of the town of Bethune with a ruined belfry tower, surrounded by other damaged buildings and rubble in the fore, a horse and cart in front of the tower
70) ‘Arras Hotel de Ville, 1919’ – view of ruined ruined Hotel de Ville, a man in front looking up at the building
71) ‘R. N. Staight X. R. H. Beaurains Road B. C., 1919’ – view of wooden crosses in grassy field, including those of R. N. Staight, L. J. Westhall Brown and F. Barton
72) ‘Same’ – view of mostly the same wooden crosses, including R. N. Staight, F. Barton and L. F. Rushton
73) ‘Near Zonnebeke’ – landscape view
74 – 75) ‘Tanks near Ypres-Zonnebeke Road, 1919’ – photos of ruined tanks in fields, first is a view of two tanks, second is a closer view of the smaller tank
76) ‘Nr St. Julian, 1919’ – close up view of a ruined tank, the roof is gone and the inside is visible
77) No caption - View of ruined building, probably a church.
78 – 81) ‘The ruins of Niewport, 1919’ – ruins of a large stone building(s) with rubble around it, the last one has many grave crosses and a large Crucifix in front
82) ‘Niewport Church, 1919’ – ruins of Niewport Church.
83) ‘Hesdin’ – view of town with road in front, buildings along the left side and a church in the background
84) ‘Albert Church’ – close up view Albert Church (largely rubble), with woman walking past on path in the foreground
85) ‘Albert Church, 1919’ – view of ruined Albert Church, with a footpath in the foreground, rubble in front of the Church and the town in the background
‘Potijze Chateau Lawn, 1919’ – photograph missing
86) ‘ Pill Box, Dickebusch’ – view of a pill box next to a railway line, with ruined buildings in the background
‘Dickebusch Huts B. C., 1919’ – photograph missing
87) ‘Albert‘ – view of river/canal with ruined buildings either side.
88) ‘Nr St Julian, 1919’ – view of small stream in scrubland, with small wooden bridge fording it
89) ‘A Church in the Salient?, 1919’ – view of ruined stone buildings, with rubble and surrounded by scrubland
90) ‘Tanks on Ypres-Poelcapelle Road, 1919’ – view of road with two wrecked tanks (one in the foreground, the other in the background), a car is driving past with two people in and a third man is standing in the background
‘Vlamertinghe Church, 1919’ – photograph missing
91) ‘Warneton Church, 1919’ – view of ruined church, surrounded by trees and scrub, a small path in the foreground leading to it
92) ‘A church near Ypres, probably Poelcapelle, 1919’ – view of a small mound with rubble and scrub
93) ‘A church Nr Ypres, 1919, probably Dickebusch’ – view of a small mound with scrub and some rubble
94) ‘Zonnebeke Church,1919’ – view of a mound of rubble with the roof of a building in the background
‘Westroosebeke near Poelcapelle, Westhoek Church, 1919’ – photograph missing
95) ‘St. Julien Church, 1919’ – raised land with some rubble
‘Passchendael Church, 1919’ – photograph missing
96) ‘Messines Church, 1919’ – some ruined parts of the church, with a large mound of rubble
97) ‘Messines – a street, 1919’ – scrubland with some debris in the fore and a small building in the background
98-99) ‘Spanbroekmolen Crater Messines Ridge, 1919’ – a panoramic view of a large mine crater, partly filled with water
100) ‘Messines – a street, 1919’ – view of a small pathway with rubble along the side at the forefront
101) ‘Vlamertinghe, 1919’ – view of a street with a ruined church at the centre with other damaged buildings to the side (one with a large chimney structure) and four children standing/walking in the road
102) ‘Near Hooghe, 1919’ – view of a wrecked tank in a grassy field
103) ‘Plank road & pill box – between Hooghe and Westhoek, 1919’ – a plank road leading to a pill box, surrounded by scrubland
104) ‘Kemmel Hill’ – view of a cobbled street in the foreground, with small gauge railway track alongside, with trees in the distance and a sign to Dranoutre Locre pointing to the left
105) ‘Kemmel Hill, 1919’ – view of scrubland, with a building, trees and a hill in the background
106) ‘Near Daylight Corner, 1919, the teashop’ – view of a collapsed building , with a cobbled path in the foreground, a hut and a building in the background
107) ‘A. B. M. Kemmel Chateau B.C.,1919’ – view of a Kemmel Chateau Military cemetery, with some wooden crosses erected and some lying near to graves, trees in the background and an officer looking across. A.B.M may stand for American Battle Monuments.
108-109) ‘Kemmel Chateau, 1919’ – views of a ruined building, with trees on either side of the chateau moat.
110) ‘The Church La Clytte, 1919’ – view of a ruined church, with rubble at the forefront and the collapsed roof in the background
111) ‘Kemmel Church and hill, 1919, this is the road leading down to the B.C.’ – view of a path with wooden debris on either side and a ruined church and hill in the background, showing route down to the British cemetery.
112-116) ‘A church in Armentieres, 1919’ – five views of a damaged church, the first two from the outside with a cobbled area in front and three of rubble on the inside
117) ‘St Jean Capille, 1919’ – view of a ruined church with hut in front
118) ‘Neuve Eglise Church’ – a ruined church, with trees in front
119) ‘Neuve Eglise Church’ – view of a ruined church
120) ‘A ruined church, 1919’ – close up view of rubble with a ruined church in the background
121) ‘A ruined church, 1919, probably Nieppe’ – view of a ruined church with large amounts of debris in the foreground
122) ‘Nieppe Church, 1919, note face of clock’ – a view of a ruined church, with rubble in front (including a clock face) and trees to the left
123) ‘St Eloi’ – view of the front of a ruined church.
124) ‘Niewport’ – view of a ruined building, probably a church, with vegetation to the fore
125-126) ‘Near the Lille Gate Ypres, 1919’ – two views of a stretch of Ypres town walls, with bullet damage and the moat in front (one photograph is overexposed)
127) ‘Ypres, the moat’ – view of Ypres moat and its embankment, with ruined buildings in the background
128) ‘Lille Gate’ – view of the damaged Lille Gate in Ypres, with the bridge in the foreground, the moat and its embankment, and ruined buildings in the background
129) ‘The Ramparts B.C., 1919, care’ – view of Ramparts Cemetery, Lille Gate, with many wooden crosses and several ruined buildings (including a church) in the background
130) ‘From Ramparts B.C., 1919’ – close up view of three wooden crosses, with ruined buildings (probably a church) in the background
131) ‘Battlefield somewhere in France, 1919’ – view of an open field, with rubble in the foreground and some uneven scrubland in the middle distance
132) ‘From Ramparts B.C.’ – view of cemetery with wooden crosses and ruined buildings in the background
133) ‘Isolated graves on Somme, 1919’ – several graves in a field, marked by wooden crosses and surrounded by scrubland
134) ‘Combles Church’ – view of a wall of a ruined church with small amounts of rubble in front
‘The Cross Roads, Acheux, 1919’ – photograph missing
135-137) ‘On the river road, Havre to Rouen’ – three views of rocky cliff/hill faces, the first has a road in the foreground
138) ‘The old Seine river bank, 1920’ – view of a road taken from car, with a rocky hill/cliff face on the right and a cart ahead on the road
139) ‘The morning boat from Havre entering Honfleur, 1920’ – view of a paddle steamer on the water with buildings in the background along the river/harbour
140) ‘Honfleur’ – view of the harbour of the coastal town, with a hill and a lighthouse in the background
141) ‘Honfleur’ – view of the harbour of the coastal town, includes many buildings up on the hill
142) ‘Grand Place Bailleul, Sept 1919’ – view of an open area with a hut (with a person standing outside) and ruined buildings in the background
143) ‘Near Westhock’ – view of a boggy area of scrubland with two buildings in the background
144) ‘The Butte of Warlencourt’ – view of the Butte of Warlencourt with a rocky summit with crosses on the top and a wire fence across at the middle distance
145) ‘St. Omer’ – a town in the background, with a road across the left side (with two-three vehicles) lined with trees
146) ‘Lens near Church, 1919’ – close up view of rubble and debris and a ruined building, probably a church
147) ‘Canal Merville, 1919’ – view of a canal, one embankment is lined with trees and there are ruined buildings on the other side and in the background
148) ‘Merville Church, South aisle, 1919’ – close up view of a church aisle filled with debris, many pillars are blackened
149) ‘Merville Church, West Front, 1919’ – view of a heavily damaged church, with a pile of rubble in front and some collapsed walls
150) ‘Etretat, 1919’ – view of a beach looking out to sea with a headland and coastal arch along the left side, there are three people on the beach and possibly a boat
151) ‘Etretat’ – view of a beach looking out to sea, there is a coastal arch and headland on the right side, an two people to the fore
152) ‘The River Road’ – view of a road with a rocky cliff/hill on the left, fields on the right and a hut
153) ‘Fort Mahon, 1919’ – view of a coastal town with a beach in the foreground and many people on it
154-155) ‘Fort Mahon, 1919’ – views of a beach (many ridges and runnels visible in the sand), the first has one person by the sea, the second has many in the sea
156) ‘Mlles Viqnerou, Ft Mahon, 1919’ – two women in front of a wooden building
157) ‘Elm Avenue Nr Dieppe, 1919’ – view of a road (taken from low down) lined both sides with elm trees
158) ‘Bailleul, 1919’ – view of a ruined building, probably a church, with a broken cart to the fore
159) ‘Bailleul, 1919’ – view of ruined sections of building, probably a church, with a broken archway in the forefront and a pile of rubble
160) ‘Wreck of Pithead Loos’ – view of a collapsed mining structure at Loos
161) ‘Crater in the Chalk Nr Loos, 1919, C.A.P’ – view of a large mine crater with the dark figure of a man standing in it
162) ‘Loos Church, 1919’ – view of a ruined church with large amounts of rubble in front on the left side
163) ‘Locre Church, 1919’ – view of a large pile of rubble with a long hut-like building in the background
164) ‘Church in Rue Marle, Armentieres, 1919’ – view of a collapsed church, with large amounts of rubble (including a metal structure)
165) ‘A.D.I.’ – view of a field with three or four tents lined up and a cart with two people in the foreground
166) ‘Mt. St. Eloi’ – view of an open field with a ruined building (probably a church) on the hill and a village in the background
167) ‘Mt. St. Eloi, 1919’ – view of an open field with a ruined building (probably a church) on the hill and a village in the background
168) ‘View from Mt. St. Eloi’ – downhill view of grassy fields with some trees in the background along the left side
169) ‘Ecoivres B.C., 1919’ – view of a Ecoivres cemetery with rows of wooden crosses, some trees and the church on Mt. St. Eloi in the background
170-171) ‘Head Office, 22.5.1919’ – views of the IWGC Headquarters at St. Omer, with long wooden buildings, with wooden panels awaiting assembly into other hut buildings.
172) ‘Head Office, 22.5.19’ – views of the IWGC Headquarters at St. Omer, with long wooden buildings, with wooden panels awaiting assembly into other hut buildings.
173-174) ‘St. Eloi’ – two views of the ruined church at Mt. St. Eloi, the first is from the back of the ruins, the second has more small buildings in the background
‘The village of Gavrelle, Sept 1919’ – photograph missing
175) ‘The Church Gavrelle, 1919’ – view of a pathway with small ruins and some rubble on the far side
176) ‘Gavrelle’ – view of a pile of churned up earth and rubble (foreground) and some ruins in the background
177) ‘A fortified farm, Gavrelle’ – view of a ruined farm building, with a large pile of rubble in front and more scattered across the foreground
178) ‘The Church Gavrelle’ – view of a path/small road with a large pile of debris on the far side
179) ‘Vermelles? Church, 1919’ – view of a ruined church on raised ground, with a damaged wall in front
180) ‘The Church – Fampoux, 1919’ – view of a raised area with long grass and large piles of rubble at the top
181) ‘Vermelles, main street from the steps of the Church, 1919’ – view of many ruined buildings (mainly walls) with a road in front and one larger building
182) ‘Vermelles’ – view of part of a ruined stone building, including a large archway on the right and some rubble
183) ‘Vermelles – the Church’ – view of a ruined church, the almost bare trunk of a small tree is in front
184) ‘Crucifix Corner, 1919’ – view of cemetery with rows of crosses, with an aisle along the left side and a building in the background
185) ‘Son of the Field Marshal Coxyde, 1919’ – close up of the wooden grave cross of 2nd Lieut. H. M. H. Allene
186) ‘1st Enclosure, Bedford House, 1919’ – view of a small open grassy area with some graves (marked by wooden crosses) and surrounded by shrubs (and one large but bare tree)
187) ‘Etaples’ – view of Etaples Military cemetery with rows of wooden crosses and a forested hill in the background
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