Photos Colour and Colourised Photos of WW2 & earlier conflicts

[uktabber]

WOW, thanks BCNTM for the link......looks interesting!! And, yes I see what you mean, sure looks like gun cowling to me to!!

 

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A Canadian miner in a restful pose, after a heavy night's work. October, 1917.

(B/W from Library and Archives Canada)
(Colourised by Mark at Canadian Colour)

 

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British soldiers in front of a large brick gateway of what could be an Aid Station in St Aubert, 25 October 1918.

St. Aubert is a village in the Department of the Nord, approximately 13 kilometres east of Cambrai.
The cemetery there, was begun by the 24th Division on 12 October 1918, just after the capture of the village.
Photographer - Lt. Ernest Brooks
(Source - IWM Q 3310)
Colorised by Frédéric Duriez

 

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23-year-old Battle of Britain Hurricane pilot, Flight Lieutenant Richard ‘Dickie’ Lee DFC, DSO (RAF). 18 August 1940 he was shot down over the English Channel. Neither his body or aircraft have been found

Fl/Lt Hamankiewicz, Jurek, 318 and 241 RAF, Polish. Bailed out of his Spitfire but never found. Adriatic Sea, Sept.1,1944

 

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German officers and infantrymen captured by Canadians on the Somme. October, 1916

Department of National Defence. Library and Archives Canada, PA-000829
Colourised by Doug

 

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Pte. T.W. Holmes, V.C. (centre), 4th Canadian Mounted Regiment, 21 Jan 1918

Holmes was 19 years old, when as a private serving with the 4th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles, Canadian Expeditionary Force, he won the Victoria Cross. On 26 October 1917 near Passchendaele, Belgium, he performed a deed for which King George V awarded Tommy the Victoria Cross: "when the right flank of the Canadian attack was held up by heavy machine-gun fire from a pill-box strong point and heavy casualties were producing a critical situation, Private Holmes, on his own initiative and single-handed, ran forward and threw two bombs, killing and wounding the crews of two machine-guns. He then fetched another bomb and threw this into the entrance of the pill-box, causing the 19 occupants to surrender."
It was during the investiture at Buckingham Palace that Holmes admitted to King George V that he had lied about his age and joined the army at age 17.
Sergeant Tommy Holmes, VC, returned to Owen Sound after the war to great fanfare and receiving a hero's welcome. On 16 September 1919, he was chosen to be part of the Colour Party for the laying-up of the 147th (Grey) Battalion, CEF Colours in the Carnegie Library, Owen Sound.
Source: Library and Archives Canada, Mikan #3216874
He is listed in the source as being the youngest Canadian recipient of the VC, however there is another Canadian VC, Thomas Ricketts from Newfoundland who was younger. However, Newfoundland wasn't part of the Canadian confederation at that point...
(Colourised by Mark at Canadian Colour)

 

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New Zealands A6M3 Zero

RNZAF personnel with a Japanese Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero fighter, painted in white 'Surrender livery' at Piva, Bougainville. Sept, 1945.
This Zero had been caught on the ground on Bougainville and seriously damaged in the bombing that accompanied the Allied Bougainville campaign in November 1943. It was hidden for eighteen months before the Japanese restored it as best they could with the goal of flying it off the island and using it as a Kamikize plane.
War circumstances prevented the retrieval and RNZAF intelligence officers found the plane in September 1945 at the Japanese airfield at Buin, southern Bougainville.
Defence authorities were not interested in salvaging the Zero and issued orders no one was to fly it. But a New Zealand pilot, Wing Commander Bill Kofoed (in front of the prop blade), could not resist the challenge to fly it.
Kofoed had been a Halifax pilot in the North African and European theatres and was Commanding Officer of RNZAF Taieri when he was sent to evaluate the Bougainville Zero on 15 September 1945.
Without authorisation, he absented himself from duty and hitched a ride in an RAAF Wirraway to Kara. Japanese mechanics and the pilot who had been sent there to retrieve the plane were on hand, and after assessing airworthiness and receiving basic advice and instruction from the Japanese pilot, he requested the Japanese prepare this aircraft for flight.
Kofoed then flew the aircraft to Piva in about 20 minutes with the landing gear locked down.
He did not want the Zero to be abandoned, and felt he could not order a subordinate to carry out this task on an ex-enemy aircraft with no guarantee as to its airworthiness, and no real military need for such a flight that could be justified, so took it upon himself
Upon landing at the RNZAF airstrip at Piva (also in Bougainville), the Zero attracted much attention, and is this photo along with a few others were taken.
Air Commodore GN (later Sir Geoffrey) Roberts, Commander of the New Zealand Air Task Force in the Solomons, later said -
"Kofoed had to be 'matted' for disobeying orders but with that formality over, I took him to my quarters, gave him a couple of whiskies and congratulated him for being so bloody stupid."
In fact, Air Commodore Roberts was first in line to have a sit in the Zero!
The Zero was sent to New Zealand, repaint back to green and the serial number NZ6000 and RNZAF roundels.
It underwent further test runs and test flights with the intent on using to help train new fighter pilots. But by this time the RNZAF were receiving their first jet aircraft Gloster Meteor, and the Zero was considered out dated.
It fell into a state of disrepair as it was looted by souvineer hunters over the next decade, until being fully restored in 1958.
The Zero is now on display at the Auckland War Memorial Museum in New Zealand.
RNZAF photo.
Colourised by Daniel Rarity

 

[santana]

One of the most exciting photos from WWII ′′ Wait for me, dad! "- October 1, 1940 The photo portrays a boy (Warren Bernard) on Eighth Street, New Westminster, Canada reaching out to his father as he marches to serve in World War II. Fortunately, the soldier survived the war and the reunion with his son was also recorded. !!!

 

[santana]

The Battle of the Sibuyan Sea (23-24 October 1944)

The Battle was the opening phase of the battle of Leyte Gulf and saw American submarines and carrier aircraft attack Admiral Kurita's I Striking Force, sinking the massive battleship Musashi.

October 24, 1944
1027: MUSASHI, making 24 knots, is attacked by eight Curtiss SB2C "Helldivers" from INTREPID. Four near-misses around the bow cause minor leaks below the waterline. One 500-lb bomb hits turret No. 1 but fails to penetrate its roof armor.

1029: MUSASHI is attacked by three of INTREPID's Grumman TBF "Avengers". One torpedo hits starboard amidships slightly abaft the bridge and causes a 5. 5-degree list to starboard. She takes on 3,000-tons of water. After counterflooding, the list is reduced to one degree. A torpedo also hits cruiser MYOKO. Two "Avengers" are shot down. An Avenger from USS CABOT (CVL-28) fails to score because of the heavy flak.
The blast from the torpedo jams MUSASHI's supposedly shockproof main armament director. This loss affects Rear Admiral Inoguchi's whole plan for MUSASHI's AA defense. Prior to the battle, Inoguchi, known as the best gunnery theorist in the IJN, designs an elaborate AA scheme based on prolific use of "sanshikidan". The fact that the main director is knocked out so easily depresses him so much that he mentions it in his last letter to Admiral Toyoda, CINC, Combined Fleet.
During this attack, MUSASHI fires forty-eight 155-mm 6.1-inch) and one hundred sixty 127-mm (5-inch) rounds at the American planes.

1047: Lookouts from MUSASHI, YAMATO, cruisers CHOKAI, NOSHIRO and destroyer KISHINAMI report periscope and torpedo wake sightings from that time on.

1154: MUSASHI's Type 13 air-search radar detects approaching enemy planes on bearing 290, range 81 kilometers.

1157: Another contact is made with aircraft bearing 210, range 80 kilometers.

1203: Enemy planes are sighted. A second attack by eight Helldivers from INTREPID scores two bomb hits and five near-misses. A dud penetrates two upper decks, demolishes the crew's head and exits above the waterline. A second bomb strikes portside ahead of 127-mm AA gun No. 4, penetrates two upper decks and explodes on the middle deck in crew space No. 10. Fragments rupture a steam pipe in engine room No. 2 directly below. This engine room and the adjacent boiler room No. 10 fill quickly with superheated steam and are abandoned. The damage results in the loss of the port inboard shaft. MUSASHI's speed falls off to 22 knots. Two Helldivers are shot down.

1206: Nine TBM Avengers launch another "hammer and anvil" attack. One TBM is hit by flak and turns away. The eight remaining torpedo planes score three hits to MUSASHI's portside amidships areas that cause a 5-degree list. The first torpedo hits abreast the main gun turret No. 1. The second floods hydraulic machinery compartment No. 2 and the third torpedo floods engine room No. 4. Nearby compartments are shored up and the main guns switch over to reserve hydraulic pumps. After immediate counter-flooding, the list is reduced to one degree port, but MUSASHI is down about 6 feet by the bow. Her three remaining three propellers are throttled up for a maximum speed of 22 knots to keep pace with the rest of the fleet.
During this attack, MUSASHI switches over to her second main armament director. She fires nine 460-mm Type 3 shells, seventeen 155-mm and over two hundred 25-mm rounds. After the first main gun salvo, a bomb fragment penetrates the muzzle of the middle 460-mm gun of turret No. 1 and detonates a Type 3 shell that has just been loaded. The resulting explosion disables the turret's elevating machinery, rendering it inoperable. After this turret is disabled, the remaining two turrets fire 45 sanshikidan for a total of 54 fired in the attack.

1312: Kurita orders fleet speed reduced to 22 knots so that MUSASHI can keep up.

1331: MUSASHI undergoes a third attack, this time by 29 aircraft from USS ESSEX (CV-9) and USS LEXINGTON (CV-16). MUSASHI is strafed by two F6F "Hellcats". Then four SB2C Helldivers score two near hits starboard amidships and abreast the aft main gun turret No. 3 that cause casualties among the nearby AA gun crews.
Six TBM Avengers launch three more hammer and anvil attacks. They score four torpedo hits. The first torpedo hits starboard forward of the main gun turret No. 1. The blast from it penetrates fuel tanks, watertight compartments and wrecks the log and sounding rooms. A temporary hospital at the bow fills with carbon monoxide. There are many casualties.
Next, three flights of Helldivers score four bomb hits port side near main gun turret No. 1. Another torpedo hits the starboard bow area and floods storerooms and causes a further list to starboard. The third torpedo hits portside forward of the main gun turret No. 1 and the fourth hits port amidships.

1350: The third attack is over. Counter-flooding reduces the heavy list to starboard to one degree. The ship is now down 13 feet by the bow with almost all trim tanks and voids filled. MUSASHI's speed drops to 20 knots and she starts to lag behind the First Section of Force A. During this attack, MUSASHI fires thirty-five 460-mm Type 3 shells, seventy-nine 155-mm and over five hundred 25-mm AA rounds.

1412: The fourth attack by eight Hellcats and 12 Helldivers from ESSEX is directed against YAMATO and NAGATO. MUSASHI continues to steam behind her section. Rear Admiral Inoguchi reports to Admiral Kurita that, despite the damage to his ship, he is able to make 20 knots.

1445: Captain Mayuzumi Haruo, skipper of cruiser TONE, suggests that the entire Second Section of the First Striking Force provide fire support for MUSASHI to defend her against further torpedo attacks.

1455: Sixty-nine aircraft from USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6) and FRANKLIN (CV-13) begin the fifth attack of the day on Kurita's fleet. Pilots from ENTERPRISE report MUSASHI lagging behind the other ships, trailing oil and making but eight knots. MUSASHI hoists the signal 'Enemy aircraft sighted'.

1515: Nine of ENTERPRISE's SB2C Helldivers score four 1,000-lb AP bomb hits. The first three strike in the port bow area and cause damage below decks. The entire forward damage control team is annihilated. The fourth bomb wrecks the Chief Steward's office.
Eight Avengers launch a hammer and anvil attack and score three torpedo hits. The first two torpedoes hit the bow from both sides. The third hits starboard abreast the funnel, near the where the first attack's torpedo hit. Cooling machinery room No. 3 and starboard hydraulic machinery compartment flood. Leaks start in Damage Control Central that are shored up. The departing American pilots report MUSASHI smoking, heavily down by the bow and dead in the water.
MUSASHI is, in fact, down by the bow, but is making 16 knots on three shafts. After counter-flooding, her starboard list is reduced to 1-2 degrees, but her speed falls off to 13 knots.
Seventy-five aircraft from INTREPID (34), FRANKLIN (30) and CABOT (11) make the day's sixth attack on the fleet replacing the departing ENTERPRISE's planes. Thirty-seven planes attack MUSASHI.

1525: Three of FRANKLIN's Helldivers claim two 500-lb AP bomb hits. Nine of her Avengers attack next. Two are shot down.

1530: Seven of INTREPID's Helldivers attack, followed by two of her Avengers. A 500-lb AP bomb penetrates the right wing of the air defense station and detonates on the first bridge. Both the bridge and the adjacent operations room are set afire. Fifty-two crewmen are killed and 20 wounded, including MUSASHI's skipper, Admiral Inoguchi. After the fire is extinguished, Inoguchi assumes command from the second bridge.
Three bombs detonate in a row portside on the forecastle deck, abreast the forward main gun turrets. They knock out two single and one triple 25-mm AA gun mounts, the main communications room, telegraph room No. 1 and the telephone room. The blast penetrates boiler rooms Nos. 4 and 8.

The next two bombs explode on the forecastle deck starboard, abreast the superstructure. They wreck two single and one triple 25-mm AA mounts. The seventh bomb hits the middle AA gun crew shelter, causing extensive damage on the flag deck. The eight bomb explodes portside in crew's space No. 5 and demolishes the nearby hospital. The ninth bomb strikes the forward main gun turret No. 1. Finally, the tenth bomb explodes starboard in the officer's wardroom.

Three torpedoes strike to port and two strike to starboard almost simultaneously, causing extensive damage and flooding in starboard area. The first of these torpedoes hits port (near a previous hit from the second attack) abreast the main gun turret No. 1, flooding its lower powder handling room. The second torpedo slowly floods port boiler room No. 8 and soon thereafter the adjacent No. 12 abaft.
Almost simultaneously, a bomb explodes over boiler room No. 8 and its blast penetrates that boiler room.

The next four torpedoes strike port, further flooding boiler room No. 8 and the aft 25-mm gun magazine. Three of those four torpedoes strike port amidships in the vicinity of engine room No. 4. A 30-foot long section of the ship's side is gouged out. The engine room floods causing MUSASHI to lose her other portside shaft. Her speed drops to six knots.

The last two torpedoes strike port aft, flooding the 127-mm AA gun No. 6's magazine, the after gyro room and the port outboard shaft's tunnel. One of those two hits under the aft 155-mm. turret. MUSASHI develops a 10 degree list to port. The crew counter-floods again and reduces the list to six degrees. MUSASHI's main steering engine is shorted out temporarily and her main rudder jams 15 degrees left. She starts to swing to port, but the damage is repaired quickly and she resumes course. Another Avenger is shot down and three others damaged, as are three Helldivers. In all, Force A endures raids by 259 U.S. carrier aircraft during the day. MUSASHI sustains a total of 19 torpedo (10 port, 9 starboard) and 17 bomb hits, as well as 18 near misses.

1530: Vice Admiral Kurita orders the fleet to assume course 290.

1621: Kurita's force again approaches MUSASHI. She is heading north with a 10-degree list to port, down by the bow more than 26 feet, with her forecastle deck awash. Kurita dispatches cruiser TONE and destroyers SHIMAKAZE and KIYOSHIMO to escort her.
All free hands and the wounded are assembled topside starboard to counter the list. The port main anchor is dropped into the sea. Rice and other consumables from the storerooms, as well as timber used in damage control operations, are loaded on the starboard side. In a last attempt to reduce the list, the crew's spaces starboard aft, some boiler rooms and starboard outboard engine room No. 3 are flooded using the Kingston valves. As a result, MUSASHI loses another shaft. Admiral Inoguchi attempts to beach MUSASHI, but her engines stop before he can do so.

1915: When the list reaches 12 degrees, Inoguchi gives the order to "standby to abandon ship". The Executive Officer, Captain Kato Kenkichi (former XO of CHOKAI), assembles the crew on the afterdeck. The battle flag is lowered. Admiral Inoguchi retires to his cabin and is not seen again.

1930: After her list reaches 30 degrees to port, MUSASHI slowly starts to turn over. Captain Kato gives the order to abandon ship. He orders the Emperor's portrait removed. SHIMAKAZE removes 635 of 796 of MAYA's survivors taken aboard MUSASHI earlier.
At 1936, MUSASHI capsizes to port and sinks by the bow in 4,430 feet of water in the Visayan Sea at 13-07N, 122-32E. Two underwater explosions are heard.

Destroyers KIYOSHIMO, ISOKAZE and HAMAKAZE rescue 1,376 survivors including XO Captain Kato, but 1,023 of her 2,399 man crew are lost including her skipper, Rear Admiral Inoguchi who is promoted Vice Admiral, posthumously.

 

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Personnel of 2nd Canadian Infantry Division Signals examine a Ford three-ton lorry which sank into a ditch on the Beveland Causeway on 27 October 1944.

 

[11E]

P

Fuhlrodt was hit by an American white phosphorus grenade, either by a Japanese who found it, or by friendly fire. The phosphorus hit his back and legs, it's hard to put out and it burns more intensely in the proximity of aluminium and metal. .

White Phospor,that is nasty stuff. In my conscription time we were teached to remove the burning particles with the tip of a knife/bayonet and put wet copper sulphate compresses on the wounds and keep it wet. Now the copper sulphate compresses are not given anymore because of the toxicity of Copper Sulphate but I sure hope the medic still have them or at least a replacement.

 

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A Japanese prisoner captured near Nauro on the Kokoda Track, New Guinea, being cared for by Australian stretcher bearers. He had been overworked and was near starving when taken prisoner. Papua New Guinea, October 1942.

This image was a recent commission by the family of Arthur William Jones NX15616, the blond soldier depicted in the photograph.
Jones' service record has not yet been digitised by the National Archives of Australia so only some brief details are known of his war service, pieced together from a variety of sources.
He enlisted in May 1940, at the age of 28, and first saw service in the Middle East. It is from this time that we get the first glimpse of Jones, who together with two fellow Australian soldiers, writes home to the Perth-based newspaper, the 'Western Mail' seeking a pen friend.
Or more particularly:
'We would be very pleased to correspond with any of your young lady readers, and it would also be very encouraging to us, as mail day is always an event. We have seen quite a good bit of the world, first to England thence to South Africa, to Palestine and Syria, so if you could find someone for us, we could tell them some very interesting things just the same as we would be getting valuable information from home, which is all too scarce.'
Jones is the author of the letter, and writes of his own experiences:
'Last of all, yours truly, Private Jones (Bill), just 19 months overseas, and have already lost touch with the homeland except for an occasional letter.'
Jones returned to Australia in March 1942 and after a period of several months was deployed in September to New Guinea, just as the tide was turning in the bitter fighting along the Kokoda Track. This photograph was taken during the course of the following month.
On the 30 September, patrols from the Australian 2/25th battalions entered Nauro and found it left unoccupied, other than those - like this young Japanese - who had been left behind.
Writing of the conditions being experienced as the Japanese retreated back over the Owen Stanley Ranges, one Japanese medical officer wrote in his diary a few months later, on 27 November 1942:
'There is nothing to eat. Everybody is in a weak and staggering state … Without food, having become terribly thin and emaciated, the appearance of our fellow soldiers does not bear reflection. How could the people at home understand this state of affairs, it must be seen to be believed.'
After the tense fighting, Jones returned to Australia for a period of some matters in 1943, before once again seeing action in New Guinea, followed subsequently by a period of several months in Borneo during 1945. He was posted to the 25th Australian Infantry Brigade HQ at the time of his discharge, on 9 October 1945.
The photograph having now been framed and presented to the family by Jones' grandson, I am pleased to be able to share with their permission some of his story and this arresting image.
Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial
Colour: Benjamin Thomas

 

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USS Augusta, USS Midway, USS Enterprise, USS Missouri, USS New York, USS Helena, and USS Macon in the Hudson River in New York, New York, United States for Navy Day celebrations, 27 October 1945.

(Color by Alex Wolf)

 

[BravoZulu]

HMS Duke of York , HMS Nelson, HMS Renown, HMS Formidable and HMS Argonaut in line ahead, ships of the Force H during the occupation of French North Africa. November 1942.

 

[Chazman]

V DAY
V-J Day in Times Square is a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt that portrays a U.S. Navy sailor embracing and kissing a total stranger—a dental assistant—on Victory over Japan Day ("V-J Day") in New York City's Times Square on August 14, 1945.


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The identity of this sailor was a mystery for decades. Shortly before he passed, he came forward and admitted it was he. He said, he never wanted to say anything before, because he was engaged when he kissed this nurse on the street, in the exuberance of VJ Day.

 

[santana]

A beautiful photo by Toni Frisell: P-51D and in background some C versions. Italy, 1944 the unit is the 322nd Fighter group, the famous "Tukegee" airmen unit. the plane in foreground is Creamer´s Dream, and was personal ship of 1/Lt Charles White from 301st Fighter Squadron.

On April 1st 1945 he shot down two Me 109 flying this machine. The Tuskegee was based in Ramitelli, Molise region,south Italy. From south Italy several bombers and fighters from 12th and 15th air force start their missions against center and north Italy, Rumania, South Germany and Austria. Often in Italy they used captured old Italian air force bases, or as in this case they were adapted agricultural lands and expanded with tracks made of PSP or concrete.

The taxiways and park areas were often of simple earth and when it rained it became full of mud. The airfield was built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in early 1944, as part of the Foggia Airfield Complex, a series of World War II military airfields located within a 25 mile (40 km) radius of Foggia. It had a single runway and made use of farmhouses around the airfield as operations buildings. After 15 May 1945 the airfield was used by 523rd Air Service Group and 949 Air Engineering Squadron.

It closed in Oct 1945, after which it was dismantled. Now the area is returned to agricolture and civilian use. It's
unclear why the wing tips of this 51's dont has red paint like they are known as red tails.

 

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29 October 1918.
New Zealand gunners firing Ordnance QF 4.5-inch howitzers in an orchard near Le Quesnoy, France.

The capture of the French town of Le Quesnoy by the New Zealand Division on 4 November 1918 has special significance in New Zealand's military history. This is not merely because it was the last major action by the New Zealanders in the Great War – the armistice followed a week later – but also because of the particular way it was captured.
When the New Zealand Division attacked on 4 November, its units quickly by-passed Le Quesnoy and pushed further east on what was to be the New Zealanders' most successful day of the whole campaign on the Western Front. It advanced 10 kilometres and captured 2000 Germans and 60 field guns. The attack cost the lives of about 90 New Zealand soldiers – virtually the last of the 12,483 who fell on the Western Front between 1916 and 1918.
(nzhistory.net.nz)
(Photo source - National Library of New Zealand - H1128)
Photograph taken by Henry Armytage Sanders.
Colourised by Doug

 

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The identity of this sailor was a mystery for decades. Shortly before he passed, he came forward and admitted it was he. He said, he never wanted to say anything before, because he was engaged when he kissed this nurse on the street, in the exuberance of VJ Day.

A portuguese descendant if I'm not mistaken

 

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New Zealand cooks prepare a meal for troops in the trenches, while a few soldiers seemingly of the 4th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, assist, Beaudignies, France, 29 October 1918.

The liberation of Beaudignies, and the nearby fortress town of Le Quesnoy on 4 November, hold a special significance in New Zealand's military history. This is not merely because it was the last major action by the New Zealanders in the Great War – the armistice followed a week later – but also because of the particular way the latter town was captured.
When the New Zealand Division attacked on 4 November, its units quickly by-passed Le Quesnoy and pushed further east on what was to be the New Zealanders' most successful day of the whole campaign on the Western Front. It advanced 10 kilometres and captured 2000 Germans and 60 field guns. The attack cost the lives of about 90 New Zealand soldiers – virtually the last of the 12,483 who fell on the Western Front between 1916 and 1918.
In 2000, the neighbouring town of Beaudignies renamed its village square 'Place du Colonel Blyth' in honour of one of its liberators, L.M. 'Curly' Blyth, a young subaltern in the 3rd New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade, who was among the attacking troops.
At the time of his death on 10 October 2001, at the age of 105, Lieutenant-Colonel Blyth was one of the last two remaining veterans of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. His longevity afforded him a special prominence as a symbol of New Zealand's liberation of the Le Quesnoy area.
Photographer: Henry Armytage Sanders
Image courtesy of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand
Colourised by Benjamin Thomas

 

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A Lance Naik (Lance Corporal) of the Indian 112th Infantry, 34th Brigade (17th Division), kneeling in a trench during the Battle of Sharqat, Mesopotamia 28-30 October 1918. Two days later the Turks surrendered and an armistice was declared.

(Photo source - © IWM Q 24746)
Color by Frédéric Duriez