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Navy Allotments WWI
During wartime huge numbers of soldiers and sailors must be fed. Behind the lines soldiers planted vast fields of vegetable crops. Here we see the allotments made beside the harbour of the Grand Fleet, with Petty Officers at work.
Ref: 2013.009.1
- Maker The Illustrated War News
- Material Paper and ink
- Object Type Ephemera
- Year 1917
- Collection Number 2013.0091
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