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No Man’s Land, Pervyse, December 1914.
Mairi ChisholmDecember 1914
Durham University
Durham, United Kingdom
A former member of The Flying Ambulance Corps, Mairi Chisholm ran a first aid post in Pervyse Belgium with Elsie Knocker. Chisholm documented her experiences at the front in photographs such as this, which shows the no man's land between opposing trenches. This specific image is one of the earliest photographs showing and describing this space as "no man's land" during the First World War
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Details
- Title: No Man’s Land, Pervyse, December 1914.
- Creator: Mairi Chisholm
- Date Created: December 1914
- Location Created: Pervyse, Belgium
- Physical Dimensions: Unknown
- Type: Photograph
- Rights: National Library of Scotland
- Medium: Photograph
- Research Project: A joint partnership between Royal Holloway University of London and Durham University
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