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    Première Guerre Mondiale - 1915 - Partie 1

     

     

    A couple of soldiers from the Italian Rifle Battalion, carrying their bicycles on their backs as they walk up a hill. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)





     



    Infantrymen sitting in a trench reading and smoking during the early days of trench warfare in the First World War. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)





     



    A procession of voluntary Kosak soldiers. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    German prisoners from the battle of Marne are held by the French Red Cross. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    A soldier kneels beside the corpse of a soldier killed in one of the Battles of Champagne (Dec 1914 – March 1915 and Sept – Oct 1915) fought between German and French armies on the Eastern Front. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    Serbian officers with a Howitzer battery as they prepare to fire on Austrians, during the First World War. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    A wounded British soldier is stretchered back to camp past a carnage-strewn trench, during the First World War. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    Serbian soldiers and artillery in railway trucks bound for the frontier. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)





     



    German soldiers operating a machine gun from a trench on Russia's Eastern Front. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)





     



    Camouflaged Serbian artillery on the banks of the river Sava in Serbia. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)





     



    British troops landing horses from a ship at Salonika to move to the Balkan battle front. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)





     



    Italian soldiers in a trench on a mountain side, ready for action. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)





     



    Ambulances during WWI parked under trees on a road in France. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    Troops leaving railway carriages at Victoria Station, London. (Photo by F. J. Mortimer/Getty Images)





     



    A truckload of troops being transported from the port at Salonika in Greece during World War I. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)





     



    Serbian allied soldiers in twig tents at a camp in Serbia, during the First World War. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)





     



    Red Cross personnel attending to wounded soldiers on a Russian battlefield during the First World War. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    Greek airmen stand with a Voisin plane, armed with a cannon. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    A crowd saying goodbye to soldiers leaving Victoria Station in London during World War I. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)





     



    A Russian officer fastens a bomb to the side of his warplane before take off, circa 1915. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    A German airforce pilot preparing to take off on a reconnaissance flight, circa 1915. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     





     



    Russian soldiers write home while serving on the Eastern Front during World War I, circa 1915. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    A 5.9 Howitzer captured by the British during the Mesopotamian Campaign of World War I, circa 1915. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    A Royal Navy cruiser painted in dazzle camouflage in the Dardanelles, 1915 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

     

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    Première Guerre Mondiale 1914 - Partie 3

     

    Photos Anciennes - Première Guerre Mondiale 1914 - Partie 3

    A soldier saying goodbye to a loved one in the rain at Victoria station, London, as he leaves for the front. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)




     



    The new Iron Cross insignia of the German Air Service displayed on a bi-plane's wing tips at St. Quentin, France. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    French soldiers wearing German helmets stand with equipment captured from the enemy troops after the Battle of the Marne in WWI. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)





     



    Wounded soldiers arriving at Rheims (Reims) station from the Western Front during World War I. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)





     



    British soldiers lined up in a narrow trench during World War I. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 28th October 1914





     



    Algerian cavalry (the Spahees) camp after the 1st Battle of Aisne. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). September 1914





     



    French and Spahis (Algerian cavalry) fraternising after the 1st Battle of Aisne. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). September 1914





     



    A Russian battery at the siege of the Polish border town of Przemysl and Austrian-Hungarian fortress. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 1st October 1914





     



    German field telegraph operators at work in Warsaw. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 1st October 1914





     



    A British Army medical post on Christmas Day at the front in 1914. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). 25th December 1914





     



    A French traitor is led away to his death, by soldiers from the firing squad. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). November 1914





     



    Army recruits taking the oath at offices in White City. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). December 1914





     



    Two soldiers on the concourse at Victoria station, London, about to leave for the front line. They are carrying parcels full of food and other provisions. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). December 1914





     



    Merryweathers, a shop in Scarborough boarded up as a result of a bombardment of the town by German ships. Seventeen people were killed and eight hundred injured when some 500 shells were fired on the town in the space of 30 minutes. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). December 1914.
     
     
     
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    Première Guerre Mondiale 1914 - Partie 2

     

    Crowds, many waving boaters, cheer Britain's declaration of war on Germany in Trafalgar Square, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    Police in Sarajevo arrest a man after a failed assassination attempt on the life of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The arrested man previously thought to be Gavrilo Princip, who succeeded in killing the Archduke the same day, is now thought to be one of his six co-conspirators Nedeljko Cabrinovic. The assassination was one of the causes of World War I. The moment was captured by amateur photographer Milos Oberajger. (Photo by Milos Oberajger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)





     



    Exuberance on Unter den Linden in Berlin, following the declaration of war, 4th August 1914. A photograph of Kaiser Wilhelm II is visible in the background. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    Russian soldiers stoping a lorryload of deserters. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    Russian soldiers outside a marconi wireless station. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)





     



    Mobilized Austrian troops and officers bid farewell to their wives and sweethearts. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    Belgian soldiers driving a Minerva armoured car during the First World War. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    A recruitment drive during the First World War at Trafalgar Square, London. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)





     



    Two men conscripted to the British Army undergoing a medical check-up at Marylebone Grammar School, London. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)





     



    French officers dining in style in a trench near the front line. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    Two army deserters are threatened by a Russian soldier with raised rifle and bayonet. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    British tommies relaxing and having wounds treated in an underground forward dressing station by the Menin Road in France. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)





     



    German sharpshooters move to a position near the front line, during the fighting near the Aisne River, 1914. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)





     



    Injured soldiers rest in a cave in France. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    Wounded British and Belgium soldiers retreating from Mons during World War I. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)





     



    British soldiers, newly arrived in France preparing to go to the lines. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)





     



    French troops waiting to depart for the Belgian front. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)





     



    German infantry on manoeuvres in preparation for war. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)





     



    Members of the 15th London Regiment receive their pay outside Somerset House, soon after mobilisation. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    German reservists going home to say goodbye to their families, before leaving to go to the front. The children with them are wearing their father's helmets. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

     

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    Photos Anciennes - Un regard en arrière sur la Rolls Royce

     

     

    A Rolls Royce car which is being used by the Prince of Wales on a tour of Margate and Ramsgate, Kent. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). 24th November 1926





     



    Entertainer Elsa McFarlane stands on the bonnet of a Rolls Royce car, mimicking the Silver Lady figurine, in a production of “The Co-Optimists”, at the Vaudeville Theatre in London. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images). 1929





     



    Mae Murray, the radiant Hollywood film star and actress signed by MGM. Seen about to board her Rolls Royce. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). Circa 1929





     



    Two young women in swimwear posing in front of a Delage D8 adorned with a Lalique glass radiator ornament. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images). 1930





     



    The new Lord Mayor of London Sir William P Neal with his wife. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). 1st October 1930





     



    A view of a vintage Rolls Royce limousine with a female driver. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images). Circa 1935





     



    Men at work in the Trimming Shop in the Rolls Royce Factory in Crewe. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images). 13th April 1950





     



    A Rolls Royce “Silver Dawn” on the assembly line at the Rolls Royce works in Crewe, Cheshire. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images). 13th April 1950





     



    A doorman salutes a guest arriving at the Hilton Hotel, London, in a Rolls Royce. (Photo by Terry Fincher/Express/Getty Images). 7th April 1965





     



    Beatle John Lennon's Rolls Royce, decorated with signs of the zodiac and bunches of flowers, in Chertsey, Surrey. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images). 26th May 1967

     

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    Photos anciennes - Première Guerre Mondiale 1914 - Partie 1

     

     

    Belgian soldiers make a charge near the River Yser during World War I, circa 1914. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    Soldiers collecting dead comrades from battlefields. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)





     



    Civilians watch as troops practice amongst a convoy of ambulances at Pilthey. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)





     



    German soldiers marching to the front during the first World War. A woman helps one man with his pack. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)





     



    A lone soldier with a bicycle stands amid the remains of a German motor convoy which lines a country lane after an attack by French field guns in the battle of the Aisne in France. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)





     



    Members of the London Scottish Regiment undertake rifle drill. The London Scottish Regiment was formed by Lord Elcho, 10th Earl of Wemyss, in 1859 as the London Scottish Rifle Volunteers. They are affiliated to the Gordon Highlanders and wear the Elcho tartan (Hodden Grey). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    A Serbian soldier of to the front is accompanied to the station by his wife. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    Soldiers, including two recruits who have brought some chickens, at Victoria prepare to board the train for the battle front. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    A British soldier says goodbye to his family before leaving for the war. (Photo by F. J. Mortimer/Getty Images)





     



    A soldier with flowers on his helmet and equipment on his back prepares for departure during the mobilization of German forces. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    Camouflage netting, wire netting covered with sacking or other material toning with the street, and stretched from house to house, render the two German soldiers invisible to aerial observers. This form of aerial camouflage was widely used by both sides during the Great War. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    Russian cossacks on the march. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    A French air-torpedo being fired from the trenches. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    Soldiers accompanied by their wives and girlfriends on the march during the mobilization of German forces. (Photo by Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    German army Reservists waving and cheering as they rush to join. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)





     



    New recruits march alongside armed officers following the outbreak of the First World War. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    A group of new recruits in training for service in the British Army during World War I. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)





     



    Members of the Territorial army having a meal outside Somerset House, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)





     



    British and Japanese officers stand by a Japanese flag flying over a wrecked German gun after the siege of Tsingtao. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    German and Russian troops in a neutral area during a concert by a German military band. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    German soldiers in the trenches during WWI. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    Russian generals and troops in WWI. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





     



    German officers discussing the possibility of sending an airman of the 1st Army Corps to spy out enemy forces. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

     

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