Sujet

The earthwork remains of Leighton Construction Camp, Breary Banks, North Yorkshire, 2025. Creator: Robyn Andrews.

Légende

The earthwork remains of Leighton Construction Camp, Breary Banks, North Yorkshire, 2025. Originally built for workers constructing local reservoirs, then used in 1915 as a WW1 military camp and in 1917 was turned into a prisoner of war camp. Returned to use as a construction camp 1919-21 and then disbanded.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Notre référence

HRM25A55_267

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

101,5Mo (13,8Mo) / 61,8cm x 41,2cm / 7294 x 4863 (300dpi)

Mots clés

England landscape country view British English color Yorkshire county war remains location century Britain prisoner first world war concept North Yorkshire 21st century aerial view Colour World War I WWI bird's eye view pow aerial photography World War One 1910s 20th century POWs prisoner of war prisoners of war earthworks 1st World War earthwork prisoner of war camp TGN WW1 photograph POW camp detention camp Leighton Construction Camp Historic England Historic England 2020s Robyn Andrews Andrews Robyn Breary Banks