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One of the huge mine craters on the Messines Ridge. A man can be seen bending down in the snow on the far bank of the crater.
A poignant collection of images which were taken by a photographer who documented the graves of fallen soldiers on the Western Front have come to light in a new book.
Ivan Bawtree was one of only three professional photographers assigned to the the Graves Registration Units to photograph and record the graves of fallen First World War soldiers on behalf of grieving relatives.
His powerful photos of northern France and Flanders are a haunting reminder of the horrors of war and a fascinating insight into the early work of the Imperial War Graves Commission.
Prior to the First World War, the casualties of war were generally buried in unmarked mass graves.
Pic: Pen&Sword/BNPS
One of the huge mine craters on the Messines Ridge. A man can be seen bending down in the snow on the far bank of the crater.
A poignant collection of images which were taken by a photographer who documented the graves of fallen soldiers on the Western Front have come to light in a new book.
Ivan Bawtree was one of only three professional photographers assigned to the the Graves Registration Units to photograph and record the graves of fallen First World War soldiers on behalf of grieving relatives.
His powerful photos of northern France and Flanders are a haunting reminder of the horrors of war and a fascinating insight into the early work of the Imperial War Graves Commission.
Prior to the First World War, the casualties of war were generally buried in unmarked mass graves.
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