Reproduction of a photograph showing Canadian troops during the Battle of Vimy Ridge

Date:
Apr 1917
Location:
Reference:
BL23783
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The Battle of Vimy Ridge was part of the First World War Battle of Arras, fought during April 1917 in northern France. The ridge was eventually captured by allied troops led by the Canadian Corp who defeated the German Sixth Army. This photograph was commissioned by the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Boucher, Adolphe Augustus: Bedford Lemere And Company

Keywords

First World War Battlefield, First World War, Military