4 August 1918 - 4th Anniversary of The Great War
5th Canadian Divisional Artillery
14th Brigade Canadian Divisional Artillery
61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery
Lt Virtue
60th Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery
100 YEARS AGO TODAY: The Fourth Anniversary of The Great War Commemoration Service at the 1st Army Headquarters, Le Château de Ranchicourt, Sunday, 4th August, 1918.
General Henry Horne, the Commander of the Army, presiding over British, Canadian, American and French troops.
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Commemoration service at the 1st Army Headquarters of the fourth anniversary of the war, Le Château de Ranchicourt, 4th August 1918.
Note a group of French troops present.
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Commemoration Service at the 1st Army Headquarters of the fourth anniversary of the war.
General Henry Horne, accompanied by Allied officers, taking the salute; Le Château de Ranchicourt, 4th August 1918.
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Commemoration Service at the 1st Army Headquarters of the fourth anniversary of the war; Le Château de Ranchicourt, 4th August 1918.
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Commemoration Service at the 1st Army Headquarters of the fourth anniversary of the war.
British troops marching past General Henry Horne, the Commander of the Army. Ranchicourt, 4th August 1918
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Commemoration service at the 1st Army Headquarters of the fourth anniversary of the war; Le Château de Ranchicourt, 4th August 1918.
French and American representatives are also present.
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Commemoration service at the 1st Army Headquarters of the fourth anniversary of the war; Le Château de Ranchicourt, 4th August 1918.
French and American representatives are also present.
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Commemoration service at the 1st Army Headquarters of the fourth anniversary of the war; Le Château de Ranchicourt, 4th August 1918.
Group of French troops present.
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Commemoration service at the 1st Army Headquarters of the fourth anniversary of the war; Le Château de Ranchicourt, 4th August 1918.
French and American officers are also present.
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Commemoration service at the 1st Army Headquarters of the fourth anniversary of the war.
General Henry Horne, the Commander of the Army, taking the salute.
Le Château de Ranchicourt, 4th August 1918.
He is accompanied by French officers.
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Commemoration service at the 1st Army Headquarters of the fourth anniversary of the war.
British troops marching past General Horne, Le Château de Ranchicourt, 4th August 1918.
Group of French officers is also present.
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Commemoration service at the 1st Army Headquarters of the fourth anniversary of the war; Le Château de Ranchicourt, 4th August 1918.
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Commemoration service at the 1st Army Headquarters of the fourth anniversary of the war; Le Château de Ranchicourt, 4th August 1918.
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Commemoration service at the 1st Army Headquarters of the fourth anniversary of the war; Le Château de Ranchicourt, 4th August 1918.
Conducted by Henry Gwynne, the Bishop of Khartoum.
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Commemoration service at the 1st Army Headquarters of the fourth anniversary of the war; Le Château de Ranchicourt, 4th August 1918.
Note the British Army military band in the foreground.
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Commemoration service at the 1st Army Headquarters of the fourth anniversary of the war; Le Château de Ranchicourt, 4th August 1918.
Note the British Army military band in the foreground.
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Commemoration service at the 1st Army Headquarters of the fourth anniversary of the war; Le Château de Ranchicourt, 4th August 1918.
Note the British Army military band in the foreground.
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Commemoration service at the 1st Army Headquarters of the fourth anniversary of the war; Le Château de Ranchicourt, 4th August 1918.
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Commemoration service at the 1st Army Headquarters of the fourth anniversary of the war; Le Château de Ranchicourt, 4th August 1918.
Canadian troops are also present.
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Commemoration service at the 1st Army Headquarters of the fourth anniversary of the war; General Henry Horne, the Commander of the Army, taking the salute.
Le Château de Ranchicourt, 4th August 1918.
The US Army unit marching first followed by French colonial troops.
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Commemoration service at the 1st Army Headquarters of the fourth anniversary of the war.
Le Château de Ranchicourt, 4th August 1918.
British and American troops sitting together in the field.
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Commemoration service at the 1st Army Headquarters of the fourth anniversary of the war.
Le Château de Ranchicourt, 4th August 1918.
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Commemoration service at the 1st Army Headquarters of the fourth anniversary of the war.
General Henry Horne, the Commander of the Army, taking the salute.
Le Château de Ranchicourt, 4th August 1918.
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Commemoration service at the 1st Army Headquarters of the fourth anniversary of the war.
General Henry Horne, the Commander of the Army, taking the salute.
Le Château de Ranchicourt, 4th August 1918.
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Troops of the 1/9th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment taking part in a War Anniversary Service in Kasauli, India on 4 August 1918.
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Troops taking part at the War Anniversary Service in Kasauli, India on 4th August 1918.
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Men of the 1st Australian Division marching past General Herbert Plumer at the Second Army's Fourth of August commemoration at Terdeghem, 4 August 1918.
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British troops marching past General Herbert Plumer at the Second Army's Fourth of August commemoration at Terdeghem, 4 August 1918.
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General Herbert Plumer at the saluting base at the Second Army's Fourth of August Commemoration at Terdeghem, 4 August 1918.
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Representatives of the Women's Services watching the march past at the Second Army's Fourth of August Commemoration at Terdeghem, 4 August 1918.
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British troops during the religious service at the Second Army's Fourth of August Commemoration at Terdeghem, 4 August 1918.
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British troops during the religious service at the Second Army's Fourth of August Commemoration at Terdeghem, 4 August 1918.
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American troops marching past British officers at the Second Army's Fourth of August commemoration at Terdeghem, 4 August 1918.
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American and British troops at the religious service during the Second Army's Fourth of August Commemoration at Terdeghem, 4 August 1918.
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American troops marching past General Herbert Plumer at the Second Army's Fourth of August commemoration at Terdeghem, 4 August 1918.
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Soldiers representing units of the Second Army at the service at Terdeghem to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the outbreak of the war, 4 August 1918.
Two soldiers on the right are of the Royal Engineers.
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