A machine gun in action on the front line slaughters the assailants at Candelu
Category
Photographs
Date
Jun 1918
Materials
Photographic card
Measurements
139 x 91 mm
Place of origin
Veneto
Collection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 610244.3
Summary
A soldier fires a machine gun from a trench; a second sits in foreground with box of ammunition; two rifles stacked against trench wall in foreground, more soldiers visible in background. 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 right of photograph: F 1326 Below photograph: Candelu Printed on back : Item reproduced as postcard.(top left) 'SEZIONE FOTOCINEMATGRAFICA DEL P ESERCITO ITALIANO' (Photographic section of the Italian army) Printed bottom left 'Riproduzione vietata' (reproduction prohibited) On back centre: Candelu