Collection: The Ruins Of France (Part 1): Spears, E spears-2-06-01
Description
Photographs from the collection of Maj Gen Sir Edward Louis Spears (1886-1974), showing detail of France during World War One. Aspect de la Rue Faidherbe apres le bombardement. 1914-1915
Collection
The Ruins Of France (Part 1): Spears, E
Description
This first selection from the extensive archive of Major General Sir Edward Spears chronicles life on the Western Front during the Great War when Spears was a liaison officer between the French and British staff. He was Head of the British Military Mission in Paris between 1917 and 1920 before entering…
