Title

Chalk military badges, Fovant Down, Wiltshire, 2015

Caption

Chalk military badges, Fovant Down, Wiltshire, 2015. Badges of the Royal Corps of Signals, the Wiltshire Regiment and the London Rifle Brigade. 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_185

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 archaeology military war Wiltshire location century archaeological Britain chalk first world war wartime concept archaeological site archeology 21st century DOWNS aerial view Army warfare emblem Regiment World War I WWI bird's eye view aerial photography World War One 1910s 20th century British Army English Heritage 1st World War geographical feature London Rifle Brigade TGN WW1 regimental photograph 2010s Wiltshire Regiment Historic England Staff Photographer Fovant Down Royal Corps of Signals photograph