The land before Google Earth: Captured 100 years ago, these aerial images show the horrifying scale of the trenches during WWI
The images were collected by Sergeant Alex Statters (right), who
served in France and helped to draw up maps of the battlefield on behalf
of the Allied forces. They show how the trenches snaked across the
countryside, which was pock-marked with hundreds of shell craters from
the bombardment of the two sides. The photographs form part of a
scrapbook compiled by Sgt Statters during the war, which also includes
the telegram announcing the end of the conflict and a signed portrait of
Winston Churchill.
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