File:Franco-British carrier pigeon which makes long distance flights - Flickr - National Library of Scotland.jpg
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French pigeon trainer, France, during World War I. This photograph shows a French Army officer holding a carrier pigeon ready to fly. Below the rank chevrons on his sleeve he is wearing a badge of a flying pigeon, showing he was a pigeon trainer. He has the weather-beaten skin of a countryman. On September 11, 1914, the French gave 15 pigeons to the British Intelligence Service. By 1918 there were some 20,000 birds and 380 expert pigeon trainers in the British Army alone. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. British army carrier pigeons in France. A Franco-British carrier pigeon which makes long distance flights.'] digital.nls.uk/74548778 |
| Date | Taken on 1 January 1918, 00:00 |
| Source | Franco-British carrier pigeon which makes long distance flights |
| Author | National Library of Scotland from Scotland |
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| Flickr tags | nls:dodid=74548778, nls:derivative=74407250, nls:dodprojectid=74462370, photographic prints, france, black-and-white prints (photographs), propaganda, war photography, photojournalism, homing pigeons, world war, 1914-1918 campaigns western front, organization:library=nationallibraryofscotland, owner:name=nationallibraryofscotland, nls:source=solrxml, ww1, wwi, world war one, great war, 1914-1918, great, war, the great war, first world war, world war i, rock pigeon, columba livia, bird, pigeon, trainer, carrier pigeon, army, french army, officer, moustache, animal, europe, french, pigeon trainer |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by National Library of Scotland at https://flickr.com/photos/14456531@N07/4700029837. It was reviewed on 22 January 2024 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions. |
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