Title

Chalk military badges near Sutton Down, Wiltshire, 2015

Caption

Chalk military badges of the 7th (City of London) Battalion and the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, near Sutton Down, Wiltshire, 2015. British Army units waiting to be shipped to the Western Front during the First World War carved their regimental badges into the chalk hillsides of Wiltshire while garrisoned nearby.

Date

2015

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19B41_178

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

69,8Mb (4,4Mb) / 20,2in x 13,4in / 6048 x 4032 (300dpi)

Keywords

hillside countryside hill England country memorial British geography English color colour military war Wiltshire location century Britain chalk first world war wartime concept 21st century DOWNS aerial view Army warfare Regiment World War I WWI bird's eye view aerial photography World War One 1910s 20th century British Army English Heritage 1st World War battalion geographical feature TGN WW1 regimental photograph Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2010s Historic England Staff Photographer 7th City of London Battalion London Regiment photograph