Vintage Photographs - Cathedrals and Churches
This section of the website contains archive photographs taken during, before and after the war. Specifically this sub-section contains photos of cathedrals and churches, usually under severely damaged conditions.
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The photos reproduced below are in thumbnail format - simply click a given photograph to view a larger copy within a separate window.
 Ruined
church on the Noyon front
(CNP) |
 Ruins
of a church at Maurepas
(CNP) |
 Ruined
church near Dixmude
(CPE) |
 A
French church field hospital
(CPE) |
 Church
of Sailly in November 1916
(CPE) |
 Statue
of Joan of Arc before Rheims Cathedral
(CNP) |
 Ruins
of Cathedral at Arras
(CNP) |
 Shell
bursting on the cathedral at Rheims
(CNP) |
 Interior
of Notre Dame at Rheims
(CNP) |
 Great
arches at Notre Dame, Rheims
(CPE) |
 Cathedral
of Notre Dame, after repeated bombardments
(CPE) |
 Service
at Meaux to commemorate second anniversary of the Marne
(CPE) |
 Abbe
Thuillies of Cambrai conducting service at Cambrai Cathedral
(WW) |
 Saint-Nicholas
church before and after the bombardment
(SR) |
 Refugees
in a church in France
(NW) |
 Ruined
Rheims cathedral as seen from one of its towers
(NW) |
 Rheims
cathedral before it was ruined by shellfire
(NW) |
 Results
of a shell at Malines cathedral
(NW) |
 German
troops attend church in the garrison church at Przemysl
(NW) |
 Ruined
church of St. Pierre, Louvain, from the rear
(NW) |
 Special
service of intercession at St. Paul's Cathedral
(NW) |
 Roketno
church, near Warsaw, destroyed by artillery fire
(NW) |
 Rheims
cathedral
(HW) |
 Ruins
of the church at Vise, destroyed by German shelling
(GW) |
 Effects
of German shells in Malines Cathedral
(GW) |
 In
Malines Cathedral after the German occupation
(GW) |
 Damage
to Rheims Cathedral
(GW) |
 The
famous bells of Rheims Cathedral
(GW) |
 After
the German bombardment at Rheims Cathedral
(GW) |
 Inside
Ypres Cathedral following a German bombardment
(GW) |
 German
troops passing a church during the advance on Antwerp
(GW) |
 St
Jean's Church, Dixmude, after bombardment
(GW) |
 Ruined
church of Mont Saint Eloi near Lens
(GW) |
 Preparing
for the evacuation of Warsaw: removing church bells
(GW) |
 Inside
the ruins of Arras Cathedral
(GW) |
 Steeple
of asylum chapel, Ypres, thrown down through the roof by a shell
(GWS) |
 The
tottering towers of the church at St Eloi
(GWS) |
 Damage
wrought upon the historical cathedral at Ypres
(GWS) |
 Lutheran
pastor preaching to German soldiers near Soissons
(GWS) |
 French
Roman Catholic service in northern France
(GWS) |
 Intercession
day at St Paul's Cathedral, London, 25 July 1915
(GWS) |
 The
Bishop of London with wounded soldiers, 25 July 1915
(GWS) |
 The
Rue St. Symphonei, Rheims, with ruined cathedral
(GWS) |
 An
undamaged shrine at the church at Reninghe
(GWS) |
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