H. D. Girdwood

 Garhwalis lining reserve trenches, Estaires La Basée Road, France. 4 August 1915

  

A football match. Gurkhas versus a Signal Company, St Floris, France. 23 July 1915

 

Gurkhas charging a trench near Merville, France. 29 July 1915

  

Gurkhas on the march near Merville, France. 26 July 1915

 

 Gurkhas on the march near Merville, France. 26 July 1915

 

Source: British Library

H. D. Girdwood

Mr. Girdwood photographed British Army activity in France during World War I, with emphasis on Indian troops.

2nd Leicesters rushing a position, Bout de Ville, France. 6 September 1915

 

A dispatch rider of the Indian Corps repairing 

motorcycle, Merville, France. 3 August 1915

 

Arrival of mail at Brigade Post Office, Linghem, France. 28 July 1915

 

Cooks in the field, Estaires, France. 28 August 1915

 

Highlanders skirmishing through ruined village, Fauquissart, France. 9 August 1915
[I love that bit of sardonic graffiti on the wall of the ruined house: "Warview Terrace"]

 

Source: British Library