photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.2009-09-34-2
Description
One of two pre-World War One photographs of Pte William Robert King, 1st Bn King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Pte King was killed at Givenchy, 10 Mar 1915. Associated with the Battle of Givenchy, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918) 1914-1915. Christina Broom operated under the professional name of Mrs Albert Broom after her husband died in 1912, although she had been selling her photographic postcards in London since 1904. She is credited as being the UK’s first female press photographer.
Events
Givenchy, Battle of, 1914 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)
