Forgotten images from the Western Front

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Forgotten images from the Western Front: Negatives discovered in a rusty metal box reveal devastation of French battlefields at the end of the First World War

• Black and white negatives were found by Peter Berry Ottaway, 71, in the attic of his late grandfather's home
• Hubert Ottaway took the photos while he was a combat engineer in the Territorial Army between 1914 and 1917
• He was stationed in northern France and spent the majority of his time with the Light Engineers Railway companies
• Images capture the aftermath of the Battle of Arras and the destruction caused by both sides in the Flanders region
• They provide a rare insight into the destruction inflicted on villages near the Belgium border during the conflict

By Wills Robinson





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