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61st Field Battery Canadian Divisional Artillery

 

Lieutenant Abner Gladstone Virtue - 61st Fld Bty

 

© IWM (Q 9353)
Battle of the St Quentin Canal (Saint-Quentin). Prisoners in a Clearing Depot, Abbeville, 2nd October 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 9354)
A prisoner taken in the Battle of St Quentin Canal (Saint-Quentin) at a Clearing Depot, Abbeville, 2nd October 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 9355)
A prisoner taken in the Battle of St Quentin Canal (Saint-Quentin) at a Clearing Depot, Abbeville, 2nd October 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 9356)
A prisoner taken in the Battle of St Quentin Canal (Saint-Quentin) at a Clearing Depot, Abbeville, 2nd October 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 9357)
A prisoner taken in the Battle of St Quentin Canal (Saint-Quentin) at a Clearing Depot, Abbeville, 2nd October 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 9359)
A prisoner taken in the Battle of St Quentin Canal (Saint-Quentin) at a Clearing Depot, Abbeville, 2nd October 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 9509)
Battle of the St. Quentin Canal. Men of the 137th Brigade (46th Division) on a bank of the St Quentin Canal, which the brigade crossed on 29 September 1918. Near
Bellenglise, 2 October 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 9510)
Battle of the St. Quentin Canal. Part of the Canal where a crossing was affected by the 137 Infantry Brigade (46th Division) on 29th September. Near Bellenglise, 2
October 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 9511)
Battle of the St Quentin Canal. Infantry passing over Riqueval Bridge on 2 October 1918. The bridge was saved from demolition by the 1/6th Battalion, North
Staffordshire Regiment, 46th Division, and repaired by the 466th Field Company, Royal Engineers on 29th September.

 

© IWM (Q 9512)
Battle of St. Quentin Canal. Brigadier General John Vaughan Campbell and staff in the Hindenburg Line at Bellenglise. General's 137th Brigade lead the 46th Division in
the assault on the Canal. 2 October 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 9522)
Battle of St. Quentin Canal. Band of the 127th Brigade playing in the ruins of Bellenglise. 127th Brigade led the assault of the 46th Division on the Canal. 2 October
1918.

 

© IWM (Q 9534)
Battle of St. Quentin Canal. Brigadier-General John Vaughan Campbell VC addressing men of the 137th Brigade (46th Division) on the Riqueval Bridge over the St. Quentin
Canal (part of the German's Hindenburg Line) which they crossed on 29 September 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 9535)
Battle of St. Quentin Canal. Brigadier-General John Vaughan Campbell VC addressing men of the 137th Brigade (46th Division) on the Riqueval Bridge over the St. Quentin
Canal (part of the German's Hindenburg Line) which they crossed on 29 September 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 9537)
Battle of St. Quentin Canal. Brigadier-General John Vaughan Campbell VC, the Commander of the 137th Brigade (46th Division), with his horse in the ruins of
Bellenglise, 2 October 1918. He lead the 46th Division's assault on the St. Quentin Canal on 29 September.

 

© IWM (Q 9538)
Battle of St. Quentin Canal. Men of the 137th Brigade (46th Division) on the slope of the St. Quentin Canal, near Bellenglise, which they crossed on 29 September.
Photograph taken on 2 October 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 37347)
Damaged buildings in the town square of Douai, 2 October 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 49087)
A French Renault FT-17 tank, serial number 3151, on the road near St. Julien, 2 October 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 49089)
A British Mark IV female tank, captured and used by the Germans, blown up by a mine and destroyed by French artillery. North of Perthes, 2 October 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 49849)
American troops passing by the house used by the German Crown Prince Wilhelm as an observatory where he watched the Battle of Verdun. Montfaucon, 2 October 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 58196)
Wave of French assaulting infantry crossing a German artillery barrage near Sommepy, 2 October 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 78088)
A British Mark IV female tank, captured and used by the Germans, blown up by a mine and destroyed by French artillery. North of Perthes, 2 October 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 87639)
Railway station in Douai damaged by the British artillery fire, 2 October 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 87687)
Private houses destroyed by the British artillery fire in Douai, 2 October 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 87688)
German troops in the street of Douai, destroyed by the British artillery fire, 2 October 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 88034)
Destroyed buildings in Douai after the Allied bombardment, 2 October 1918.

 

© IWM (Q 88035)
Destroyed buildings in Douai after the Allied bombardment, 2 October 1918.