By 1916 the Artists Rifles was not a serving battalion but a holding unit for officer trainees. A group of trainees is shown drilling on a parade ground, probably at Montreuil, and being addressed by ...
Drill and musketry instruction. On sentry training British and French sentries together stop a staff car to check the occupants. Out in the country, the trainees cut brushwood for hurdles. They learn ...
Men of 34th Sikh Pioneers digging a model trench, firstly marking out the ground with white tape. Gurkhas route marching through the rain. Men of 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders also on the march....
The Bishop delivers a speech to the people of the borough, who have subscribed to pay for the two ambulances which will serve on the Western Front.The New Zealanders, who are described as having fough...