World War I Remembered

Italian heavy artillery guns are pictured on the Italian Front in this 1918 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

An aerial photograph shows an allied aircraft flying over the Western Front in this undated handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

An aerial photograph shows an allied aircraft flying over the Western Front in this undated handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

Dead British soldiers are pictured at a machine gun position on the Western Front in this 1918 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

Dead British soldiers are pictured at a machine gun position on the Western Front in this 1918 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

Captured German prisoners lie down in a field at Longueau, on the Western Front, in this August 1, 1916 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

Captured German prisoners lie down in a field at Longueau, on the Western Front, in this August 1, 1916 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

British officers observe artillery fire during the battle of the Somme in this 1916 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

British officers observe artillery fire during the battle of the Somme in this 1916 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

An Austro-Hungarian soldier is pictured in a bunker in an unknown location in this 1916 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

An Austro-Hungarian soldier is pictured in a bunker in an unknown location in this 1916 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

German officers sit outside dugouts on the Yser Front in Belgium in this 1917 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

German officers sit outside dugouts on the Yser Front in Belgium in this 1917 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

An aerial photograph taken from a British aeroplane shows bomb damage on the Western Front, in this February 16, 1918 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

An aerial photograph taken from a British aeroplane shows bomb damage on the Western Front, in this February 16, 1918 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

British troops advance during the battle of the Somme in this 1916 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

British troops advance during the battle of the Somme in this 1916 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

British troops are pictured in trenches on the devastated battlefield during the battle of the Somme in this 1916 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

British troops are pictured in trenches on the devastated battlefield during the battle of the Somme in this 1916 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

Women work in a munitions factory in France in this 1916 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

Women work in a munitions factory in France in this 1916 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

Employees test gas masks at the Chemical Development Laboratory in Philadelphia in this 1919 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

Employees test gas masks at the Chemical Development Laboratory in Philadelphia in this 1919 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

A horse wears a flannelette gas mask at the Chemical Development Laboratory, Philadelphia, in this 1919 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

A horse wears a flannelette gas mask at the Chemical Development Laboratory, Philadelphia, in this 1919 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

A British soldier rides a motorbike with a basket of pigeons on his back, on his way to delivering them to the frontline on the Western Front in this c1916 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

German officers stand near an observation balloon near the Western Front in this handout picture taken in 1915. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

German officers stand near an observation balloon near the Western Front in this handout picture taken in 1915. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

German officers are pictured at Air Training School 5, in Hannover in this 1918 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

German officers are pictured at Air Training School 5, in Hannover in this 1918 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

German officers of Flieger Abteilung 280 have a party at a house where they are stationed near the Western Front, in this 1918 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

German officers of Flieger Abteilung 280 have a party at a house where they are stationed near the Western Front, in this 1918 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

A German Air Force Officer sits astride a dead boar outside a house where he is stationed near the Western Front, in this 1918 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

A German Air Force Officer sits astride a dead boar outside a house where he is stationed near the Western Front, in this 1918 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

Sailors take part in morning exercises aboard a German Navy warship in this 1917 handout picture taken at an unknown location at sea. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

Sailors take part in morning exercises aboard a German Navy warship in this 1917 handout picture taken at an unknown location at sea. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

German officers of Flieger Abteilung 280 are pictured outside a chateau near the Western Front in this 1918 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

German officers of Flieger Abteilung 280 are pictured outside a chateau near the Western Front in this 1918 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

A German Friedrichshafen seaplane is seen crashed into a building in Germany, 1918 in this handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

A German Friedrichshafen seaplane is seen crashed into a building in Germany, 1918 in this handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

A view of a trench system set up in Long Island City as a field training facility in this 1919 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

A view of a trench system set up in Long Island City as a field training facility in this 1919 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

An aerial photograph taken from a British aeroplane shows a view of trenches with a giant crater and shell damage marking the land between the trenches on the Western Front, in this September 7, 1916 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

A view of German quarters behind the front line on the Western Front, in this 1916 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

A view of German quarters behind the front line on the Western Front, in this 1916 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

A German seaplane is pictured after crashing in an unknown location, in this 1916 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

A German seaplane is pictured after crashing in an unknown location, in this 1916 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

A German observation post is pictured on the Yser Front in Belgium, in this 1917 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

A German observation post is pictured on the Yser Front in Belgium, in this 1917 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

An undated handout picture shows a British reconnaissance photograph showing an aerial view of the Western Front. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

An undated handout picture shows a British reconnaissance photograph showing an aerial view of the Western Front. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

A German pigeon loft is pictured on the Western Front, in this 1916 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

A German pigeon loft is pictured on the Western Front, in this 1916 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

German infantry are shown collecting water on the Western Front, in this 1916 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

German infantry are shown collecting water on the Western Front, in this 1916 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

Officers of the Imperial German Air Service compete at a squadron athletics meeting near the Western Front in this 1917 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

Officers of the Imperial German Air Service compete at a squadron athletics meeting near the Western Front in this 1917 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

A German officer of Flieger Abteilung 280 reads a book in a chateau where he is stationed near the Western Front, in this 1918 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

A German officer of Flieger Abteilung 280 reads a book in a chateau where he is stationed near the Western Front, in this 1918 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

An observation balloon is pictured from an aeroplane over the Western Front in this 1917 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

An observation balloon is pictured from an aeroplane over the Western Front in this 1917 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

Austro-Hungarian soldiers stand in front of a mass grave on the Eastern Front in this 1915 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

Austro-Hungarian soldiers stand in front of a mass grave on the Eastern Front in this 1915 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

A view of women working at the Brewery Road Works munitions factory in this 1916 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

A view of women working at the Brewery Road Works munitions factory in this 1916 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

U.S. soldiers model international gas mask designs at the Chemical Development Laboratory in Philadelphia in this 1919 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

U.S. soldiers model international gas mask designs at the Chemical Development Laboratory in Philadelphia in this 1919 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

German Air Force Officers and friends have a picnic in this 1918 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

German Air Force Officers and friends have a picnic in this 1918 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

A French mobile anti-aircraft gun is pictured on the Western Front, in this 1918 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

A French mobile anti-aircraft gun is pictured on the Western Front, in this 1918 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

A German U-boat sinks an Allied merchant vessel in the Atlantic Ocean in this 1915 handout picture. This picture is part of a previously unpublished set of World War One (WWI) images from a private collection. The pictures offer an unusual view of varied and contrasting aspects of the conflict, from high tech artillery to mobile pigeon lofts, and from officers partying in their headquarters to the grim reality of life and death in the trenches. The year 2014 marks the centenary of the start of the war. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

A German U-boat sinks an Allied merchant vessel in the Atlantic Ocean in this 1915 handout picture. (Photo by Reuters/Archive of Modern Conflict London)

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