A Lewis light machine gun in action in a front line trench near Ovillers. Possibly troops of the Worcestershire Regiment of the 48th Division.

Description: A Lewis light machine gun in action in a front line trench near Ovillers. Possibly troops of the Worcestershire Regiment of the 48th Division.
Creator: John Warwick Brooke (Lieutenant)
Date: July 1916
Century: 20th century
Decade material covers: 1910s
Type: Photograph
Subject: Western Front
Figures: Weapons
War: First World War
Army: Great Britain
Battle: Battle of the Somme
Contemporary Country: France
Repository: Imperial War Museums
Collection in Repository: Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection
Repository Item Record: Full record with image
Rights: With permission from the Imperial War Museums
Village: Ovillers