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Armies of this size and complexity needed a huge back-up organisation. Supplies from home arrived by ship and rail, and were then unloaded and moved to the battle front by horse and cart. The large armies needed constant supplies of food and ammunition. The armies were serviced by specialist units, such as cyclist units. Men from the front line were seconded in to entrenching companies, tunnelling companies, concrete construction squads and labour companies. There were cavalry units, engineers, signal corps, communications troops, survey and map detachments, meteorological services, aircraft units, and anti-aircraft units, medical and veterinary units and chaplaincies. The monumental scale of the military operations meant it was impossible for a soldier to know more than his own 'war'.
Cyclist Section 4th (T.F) R.S.F., c1917
Sam Hoey Scottish Cable Signal Co., (T.F.) R.E
The war on the Western Front completely destroyed towns, villages and surrounding farms. Ypres had been one of the gems of Flanders. Four years later it was turned into a ghost town.
The St Martin's Church and Cloth Hall
Ruins of St Martin's Church and of the Cloth Hall
The Ramparts - before the war
The Ramparts - after the war
The ''Malou'' place
Houses in ruins ''Malou'' place
St Martin's Church side entrance
The ruins of St Martin's Church
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