Url
	https://dhprojects.bc.edu/s/bcdh/item/1725
Resource class
	dctype:Image
Creator
	John Warwick  Brooke (Lieutenant)
Subject
	Western Front
Description
	Soldiers of 'A' Company, 11th Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment, occupy a captured German trench at Ovillers-la-Boisselle on the Somme. In this photograph one man keeps sentry duty, looking over the parados and using an improvised fire step cut into the back slope of the trench, while his comrades rest.
Date
	1916-07
Type
	Photograph
War
	First World War
Century
	20th century
Decade material covers
	1910s
Battle
	Battle of the Somme
Army
	Great Britain
Village
	Ovillers-la-Boisselle
Contemporary Country
	France
Repository
	Imperial War Museums
Figures
	Trenches
Collection in Repository
	Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection
Repository Item Record
	https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205193132 Full record with image
Rights
	https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205217392 With permission from the Imperial War Museums

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