Soldiers loading gun
Category
Photographs
Date
Jun 1918
Materials
Photographic card
Measurements
139 x 91 mm
Place of origin
Veneto
Collection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 610244.22
Summary
Soldiers load mounted gun while wearing gas masks. Transcript of caption 'A battery in action; the enemy has thrown gas; defence with the masks'. Official photographs of the battle between the Astico and Piave rivers, printed in postcard format. Descriptions come from list of captions enclosed in album translated by Marina Trivedi. Edith Teresa Hulton (1890-1972), later Lady Berwick, worked as a Red Cross volunteer in a variety of locations in north-east Italy in the Italian war zone during World War I. She married Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick of Attingham (1877-1947) on 30th June 1919 in Venice, Italy.
Provenance
8th Lady Berwick collection; bequeathed to the National Trust by Edith Teresa Hulton, Lady Berwick (1890-1972).
Marks and inscriptions
On bottom left of photograph: 1310 F Below photograph: Batteria in azione - difesa con le maschere On back of photograph: Batteria