"France. c. 1916. A British Army soldier at a veterinary hospital showing visiting Spanish Army Generals some bad problems with horses." AWM H08551 #WarHorseWednesday
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"Two horses, wearing horse blankets, standing beside their carriage, Somme" [1917]
🖼 3028907, Sketchbook 7, folio 13r. CNL.
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"A little Italian girl seated on a British Army charger."
📷 Q 26679 -The British Army on the Italian Front 1917-1918 by Lt. Ernest Brook
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"A little Italian girl seated on a British Army charger."
📷 Q 26679 -The British Army on the Italian Front 1917-1918 by Lt. Ernest Brook
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"[British] Army Service Corps and horses bathing in the sea at Mardyck, 8th September 1917." - The British Army on the Western Front by Lt. Ernest Brook
📷 © IWM Q 2837
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"[British] Army Service Corps and horses bathing in the sea at Mardyck, 8th September 1917." - The British Army on the Western Front by Lt. Ernest Brook
📷 © IWM Q 2837
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A militiawoman riding a horse near Calahonda by Gerda Taro, 1937. This picture was used to illustrate the evacuation of Malaga in the magazine "Regards" (R). Between 3000 and 5000 civilians were killed by the rebel artillery and the German and Italian aviation when they tried to leave Malaga on his way to Almeria.
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Early in the war around 50% of BEF horse casualties were attributed to preventable causes. Veterinary officers were thus urged that they must 'lose no opportunity to preach the word of horse management'

#WarHorseWednesday 📷H. S. Stanham, 1914 IWM Q 109644 #Horses #AnimalHistory #FirstWorldWar #WW1 #Histodons @histodons @militaryhistory

#WarHorseWednesday: A British patrol using horses in Italy. The difficult terrain was unsuitable for most modern vehicles so the armoured patrols changed their tracked vehicles for "borrowed" Italian horses . 11.11.1943
📷 Sgt Palmer. © IWM NA 8561.
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‘Mollie was the animal which had nearly put me out by having me up against a tree. She was not the easiest of rides, and I was very pleased with her when she gave my batman Driver Wiles…a fall - he was unhurt, but I had the laugh of him!’ - A.O. Temple Clarke

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A soldier improvises to treat a horse's head wound the best he can during the evacuation of cattle and other livestock from the Cheux area, 8 July 1944.

📷Sgt. Bert Hardy,
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Italian partisans (28th Bde "Mario Gordini") passing with their cart through a muddy road. Likely Dec 1944, Sant'Alberto near Ravenna.
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Bonus #WarHorseWednesday for Mastodon because you’ve made me feel so welcome here! An equine detail from The Battle of #Aboukir by Antoine-Jean Gros. #Napoleon is seen riding a white horse and this is no coincidence. White horses have been mythologised since ancient times as having heavenly qualities and representing the triumph of good over evil. Their riders inherit these qualities, such is the cultural bond between man and horse. #Napoleonic #Histodons #AnimalHistory

For #WarHorseWednesday this week: the equestrian relief of Louis XIV by Antoine Coysevox in the Salon de la Guerre at #Versailles. The art at Versailles is a splendid example of the diverse symbolism of equines, from freedom & nobility to power, independence & endurance. #Histodons

Polish uhlan with a wz. 35 anti-tank rifle (a.k.a. "Paraguay" rifle).
From the manual "Instructions on carrying, strapping and packing cavalry equipment", 1938.
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It’s #WarHorseWednesday so say hello to ‘Pearl’ (named on the reverse of this card). She is enjoying some down time with her Royal Artillery chums here in July 1914, shortly before the start of the FWW. Who knows where she (and the lads pictured) ended up..
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'The #WarHorse on the Duckboard: The trouble is - I'm *not* a ruddy duck!'

Lovely cartoon by Lt S.Baghot de le Bere, R.G.A. December 1917

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#WarHorseWednesday Spanish cavalry crossing the river Jarrul on 03.08.1921 during the Rif War.
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A beautiful pair of draught horses from the Army Service Corps 11th (Northern) Division for #WarHorseWednesday today. The British Army had detailed guidelines on the kind of animals it recruited and high standards of veterinary care, which resulted in the fewest equine deaths (proportionally) among all nations during the #FirstWorldWar. #Histodons #MilitaryHistory #AnimalHistory #Logistics

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