Image:Royal Irish Rifles ration party Somme July 1916.jpg

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Description
Español: Fusileros irlandeses de la 25ª Brigada, 8ª División, durante el primer día de la batalla.
English: A ration party of the Royal Irish Rifles in a communication trench during the Battle of the Somme. The date is believed to be 1 July 1916, the first day on the Somme, and the unit is possibly the 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles (25th Brigade, 8th Division).
Source

Photo by a member of the Royal Engineers No 1 Printing Company. Imperial War Museum catalogue number Q 1
Date

July 1916
Author

British Government photographer Royal Engineers No 1 Printing Company.
Permission
(Reusing this image)

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Public domain This artistic work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain

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  1. It is a photograph created by the United Kingdom Government and taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
  2. It is a photograph or an engraving created by the United Kingdom Government and commercially published prior to 1958; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created by the United Kingdom Government prior to 1958.

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