The pipers at Longueval leading the advance

Category

Library Item

Item no

32688

Title

The pipers of Longueval: leading an advance of the highlanders "into the thick of the battle"

Description

From the Illustrated London News published August 26th 1916. Drawing by R. Caton Woodville.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1916

Size

39.6 x 53.4cm

Type

Press cutting; Reproduction

Longueval is a French village which was the scene of very heavy fighting involving the Scottish 9th Division during the Battle of the Somme in July 1916. A memorial was placed in the the village in 2002 dedicated to all pipers killed during the First World War.

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