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English: "OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. Moving back our heavy guns as the enemy advances".

Comment 1: Shows 8-inch Mk VI howitzer towed by Holt tractor.
286th Battery, 77 Bde, RGA. The photograph was taken on 27 May 1918 when retreating from a German offensive just outside the village of Romain on the way to Fismes.

Identified is Gunner Toy 99566 (Joseph Arthur Toy) in cap above carriage wheel.[1]
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This image is available from the National Library of Scotland under the sequence number or Shelfmark ID D.2755. You can see this image in its original context, along with the rest of the Library's digital collections, in the NLS Digital Gallery
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John Warwick Brooke (1886–1929)  wikidata:Q29267899
 
John Warwick Brooke
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Warwick Brooke
Description British photographer
Date of birth/death 30 May 1886 Edit this at Wikidata 1929 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Uxbridge Edit this at Wikidata
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  1. ↑ http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=218570

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