Soldiers washing their gum boots at Houplines, near Armentieres. Infantry and working parties were issued with dry boots before going into the line, and on returning handed them back, after washing off the mud in the tubs provided for the purpose. January 1917
AWM E00120 pic.twitter.com/12eekQl0co— Doug (@colour_history) January 17, 2021
RT @colour_history: Soldiers washing their gum boots at Houplines, near Armentieres. Infantry and working parties were issued with dry boot…