Vintage Photographs - Camp Life and Training
This section of the website contains archive photographs taken during, before and after the war. Specifically this sub-section contains photos of life at camp and training exercises.
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 Typical
U.S. National Army cantonment when nearly completed
(CNP) |
 Physical
training for the naval recruits at Norfolk, Va.
(CNP) |
 Dental
ambulance
(CNP) |
 Observation
post at Camp Lewis
(CNP) |
 Relny
Race at the Presidio, San Fancisco, Calif.
(CNP) |
 Camp
Custer cantonment at Battle Creek, Mich.
(CNP) |
 Training
camp for American aviators in France
(CNP) |
 U.S.
marines constructing a trench at Quantico
(CNP) |
 U.S.
telephone squad at Camp Devens
(CNP) |
 Way
to lift a wounded man
(CNP) |
 Training
in horsemanship at Fort Ethan Allan, Vermont
(CNP) |
 Californian
guardsmen unloading at Camp Mills
(CNP) |
 Barracks
at Camp Upton, Yaphank, Long Island, N.Y.
(CNP) |
 Trenches
at League Island, Philadelphia
(CNP) |
 Panorama
of Camp Taylor, near Louisville, Ky.
(CNP) |
 Physical
training at one of the great U.S. National Army cantonments
(CNP) |
 Soldiers
at the National Army at Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va.
(CNP) |
 Banner
of the Rainbow Division
(CNP) |
 American
base hospital at Fordham, N.Y.
(CNP) |
 Spreading
balloon canvas at Fort Omaha, Nebraska
(CNP) |
 Service
flag
(CNP) |
 Captain's
inspection at Newport, R.I.
(CNP) |
 Gunners
at Fort Sheridan, Illinois
(CNP) |
 Artillery
at the Officers' Training Camp, Plattsburg, N.Y.
(CNP) |
 National
guardsmen at Camp Kearney, Linda Vista, Cal.
(CNP) |
 National
Army men at Camp Upton off for a hike
(CNP) |
 Sport
at Fort Oglethorpe
(CNP) |
 National
Army men assembling at Camp Funston
(CNP) |
 U.S.
engineers in training near Washington, D.C.
(CNP) |
 Rainbow
Division on parade at Camp Mills, Mineola
(CNP) |
 Bomb
practice at Spartanburg, S.C.
(CNP) |
 Lunch
in the trenches at Fort Oglethorpe
(CNP) |
 Motorcycle
men at Camp Upton
(CNP) |
 Game
of baseball at Camp Travis, San Antonio, Tex.
(CNP) |
 Knights
of Columbus Hall at a National Army cantonment
(CNP) |
 Y.M.C.A.
building of the National Army at Camp Dix
(CNP) |
 Jewish
welfare building at Camp Dix
(CNP) |
 Drilling
with hydrogen trucks at the U.S. Balloon School, Fort Omaha
(CNP) |
 Mounted
Service School, Fort Riley, Kansas
(CNP) |
 Soldiers,
tents and kits ready for camp inspection
(CNP) |
 American
soldiers scaling a wall
(CNP) |
 Soldiers
at Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga.
(CNP) |
 Class
in grenade throwing at an American camp
(CNP) |
 U.S.
instructor showing how a grenade is thrown
(CNP) |
 American
soldiers returning to camp
(CNP) |
 A
Franco-Serbian camp
(SR) |
 Former
Texas cattlemem now enlisted with the National Army
(WW) |
 Soldiers
of 56th U.S. Infantry cleaning their clothes at Camp McArthur
(WW) |
 Two
men at Princeton Officers' Camp using Canadian equipment
(WW) |
 Former
boxing champing Willie Ritchie training at Camp Lewis
(WW) |
 Members
of U.S. Signal Corps on an armoured vehicle
(WW) |
 'Blue
Devils' of France reviewing cadets at West Point
(WW) |
 U.S.
Signal Corps men in training
(WW) |
 U.S.
Army wireless operators in San Antonio, Texas
(WW) |
 Barbed
wire entanglements at Camp Dix, N.J.
(WW) |
 U.S.
soldiers learning to dig in while under fire
(WW) |
 Training
in the use of hand grenades
(WW) |
 U.S.
camouflage squad in training
(WW) |
 British
volunteers arriving at Aldershot for training
(NW) |
 Boot
inspection at Aldershot training camp
(NW) |
 Signal
training at Aldershot camp
(NW) |
 British
recruits on skirmish work
(NW) |
 Teaching
British recruits to use the bayonet
(NW) |
 Examining
the recruits' equipment
(NW) |
 British
recruits getting their first instruction in rifle sighting
(NW) |
 Explaining
the rifle to British recruits
(NW) |
 Making
British recruits physically fit
(NW) |
 British
rookies' first taste of wartime training
(NW) |
 Canadians
crossing a newly constructed pontoon bridge at training camp
(NW) |
 Annanite
troops on their way to Camp Gallieni, near Versailles
(NW) |
 French
troops practicing with rifles
(NW) |
 Training
Kitchener's 'mob' to rush the Germans
(NW) |
 U.S.
solders undergoing an inspection
(HW) |
 New
Zealand troops at Chelsea barracks, 7 Nov 1914
(GW) |
 Canadian
forces in Britain preparing for dinner
(GW) |
 Canadian
Highlanders in camp
(GW) |
 10th
Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers marching in Pirbright
(GW) |
 Firing
exercises at Winton, Bournemouth
(GW) |
 British
Officers instructing recruits in bridge-building
(GW) |
 Drilling
recruits on the sands at Llandudno
(GW) |
 An
inspection of Australasian troops by Sir George Reid in Egypt
(GW) |
 Australian
troops amongst the monuments of ancient Egypt
(GW) |
 New
Zealand troops undergoing training
(GW) |
 Austrian
recruits at the Vienna Military Academy receive benediction
(GW) |
 Australians
in Egypt finish their training
(GW) |
 King
George V reviewing 1st Canadian Division on Salisbury Plain
(GW) |
 Lord
Kitchener inspecting artillery in Chelmsford
(GW) |
 Khaki-clad
troops of Belgium's new army in training
(GW) |
 British
Queen reviewing Irish Cavalry at Aldershot
(GW) |
 German
schoolboys, the 'Boy Recruits', arriving at Doberitz for training
(GWS) |
 French
infantry practising an advance at Mudros
(GWS) |
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