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Barley using a trench periscope

Barley using a trench periscope

Date Added: 14 February 2009 Year: 1915 Institution Name: dnhhl Cat No: | 2008_143_047 | Picture No: 6525

Monochrome photograph, © South Lanarkshire Council Museums Service, from an album compiled by Lieutenant Robert Cotton Money (see 2008.143,) with the inscription: 'Barley using a trench periscope 22/02/15'.

[Imperial War Museum ‘The Great War’ published by Jonathan Cape, London, 2013 (ISBN 9780224096553) page 125 provides details '2nd Lieutenant L.J. Barley, 1st Cameroonians, uses a trench periscope to observe German positions, Grande Flamengrie Farm, bois-Grenier sector, Nord, France February 1915'.]

Dimensions: Length80 mm - Width 57mm

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