A historical view of a British soldier looking over the rubble outside the devistated entrance gate of Ypres Cathedral, heavily damaged by shell fire during the First World War. Taken in 1918. What looks to be a peice of light railway track can be seen in the right fore ground.

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Photo credit: © The Palmer Archive / Alamy / Afripics
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