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First World War ‘Daily Mail Battle Pictures’ Colour Postcard Series 1 No. 2 Highlanders Pipe Themselves Back From the Trenches

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c. 1915

Overview

WWI ‘Daily Mail Battle Pictures’ colour postcard showing five (5) Highlanders returning from the trenches. All wearing kilts and one blowing the bagpipes. Another soldier seated in the background and artillery guns along the track. Printed in bold black ink at the bottom of the card, “2. Highlanders Pipe Themselves Back From The Trenches”.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2025.6.20

Item type

Postcards

Themes

War and Conflict > World War 1

Material

Card

Width

137 mm

Height or length

86 mm

Weight

4 g

Inscriptions and markings

On front, at bottom of card, “2. Highlanders Pipe Themselves Back From The Trenches” / Official Photograph Crown Copyright Reserved”. On rear, left side, “Official War Photographs / Crown Copyright Reserved. / Series 1 No.2”, and "Our gallant Highlanders, who love to charge the enemy to the skirt of the pipes, are fond of playing their national music in lighter mood as seen in the picture."

Contextual information

This colour postcard is from Series 1 of the ‘Daily Mail Battle Pictures’ series, and forms part of the DENNEY brothers collection. This postcard is No.2 of that series and titled, “2. Highlanders Pipe Themselves Back From The Trenches.” The postcard series using Official War photographs were printed in England and are ‘Crown Copyright Reserved’. There are 176 numbered postcards, 22 series, with 8 cards in each series.

Keywords

WW1

Highlanders

Daily Mail Battle Pictures

Place made

United Kingdom

Year

c. 1915

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Historic significance

Scientific or research significance