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In preparation for the hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of World War One, we have been busy digitising and documenting the personal photograph albums of soldiers and families caught up in the Great War.

These images - exclusive personal photographs, postcards, mementos - are a unique glimpse into the individual lives caught up in a global conflict.

 

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World War One albums from our collection
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A home-made card with the portrait of a German soldier from the private album of a soldier of the 37th Field Artillery Regiment
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A Luftwaffe biplane over Prilep, Macedonia, from the private album of Martin Jacob documenting his time as a soldier in the Balkans
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A view of Martin Jacob's album of photographs: a double page with landscapes and pictures of the Turkish population
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An Algerian Siphai in the trenches in France, from the private album of Maurice Levert
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Members of a patriotic women's association in Berlin collect fruit stones to extract oil, 1916
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A page from the album of German soldier A. Ritzhaupt showing views of a village on the Eastern Front
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A photo postcard of the Portuguese Army marching through the Arc de Triomphe, 14 July 1919, from the collection of Maurice Levert
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Graves of German and Russian soldiers in a photograph taken from a private photo album
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A German Red Cross nurse, undated
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German machine gunners pose in Arcis-le-Ponsart during the second battle of the Marne, July 1918
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Pilot's Bonus, anti-war postcard, circa 1918
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Women at work as welders, Germany, undated photograph
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A woman cab driver, circa 1914
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German soldiers at a railway station, from A. Ritzhaupt's private collection
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A woman working as a night guard in Germany, circa 1918
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From Maurice Levert's collection: bomb-damaged Arras, circa 1918
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