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Album 4 - Training for Trench Warfare

This photograph album is principally field training for trench warfare most of which took place in woods beside River Blyth, Bedlington.

Items

Scottish Horse Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance staff car halted on road from Bedlington to Newcastle, showing Lieutenant-Colonel Sloan
Scottish Horse Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance staff car halted on road from Bedlington to Newcastle, showing Lieutenant-Colonel Sloan
Trenches of East Coast Defence at Cramlington
Trenches of East Coast Defence at Cramlington
Trenches of East Coast Defence at Cramlington
Trenches of East Coast Defence at Cramlington
Stretcher Squad removing wounded from trench
Stretcher Squad removing wounded from trench
Stretcher party transporting wounded to dug out
Stretcher party transporting wounded to dug out
Experimental practice of transporting wounded, using closed stretcher and slings
Experimental practice of transporting wounded, using closed stretcher and slings
Experimental practice of transporting wounded using closed stretcher, showing Private Sweeney at head of stretcher
Experimental practice of transporting wounded using closed stretcher, showing Private Sweeney at head of stretcher
Experimental practice with poles and slings for transporting wounded, showing Corporal Thomas at head
Experimental practice with poles and slings for transporting wounded, showing Corporal Thomas at head
Patient lifted onto parapet, showing Corporal Thomas, Private Ritchie and Private McPhail
Patient lifted onto parapet, showing Corporal Thomas, Private Ritchie and Private McPhail
Transporting patient in ground sheet
Transporting patient in ground sheet
Transporting patient in ground sheet from trench on to parapet with Quarter-Sergeant Brown in command
Transporting patient in ground sheet from trench on to parapet with Quarter-Sergeant Brown in command
Making improvised dressing station
Making improvised dressing station
Dressing wounded in dressing station
Dressing wounded in dressing station
Making Crossway through River Blyth to dressing station
Making Crossway through River Blyth to dressing station
Bearer party crossing river crossway
Bearer party crossing river crossway
Bearers transporting wounded across river, showing Private Jock Smith in foreground
Bearers transporting wounded across river, showing Private Jock Smith in foreground
Transporting wounded across river – bearers Private McGowan and Private Tate
Transporting wounded across river – bearers Private McGowan and Private Tate
Private Charlton and Private Young improvising water supply
Private Charlton and Private Young improvising water supply