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title: Sentry Post, Western Front 1918
author: T.K.Aitkin - Imperial War Museums
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21183/sentry-post-western-front-1918/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2025-10-08
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# Sentry Post, Western Front 1918
_Authored by T.K.Aitkin - Imperial War Museums_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21183.png)
## Image Caption
A 1918 photograph showing a British soldier at a sentry post in a front line trench during the First World [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) (1914-18). The solider has a periscope to safely look over no man's land. (Imperial War Museums)
## Cite This Work
### APA
Museums, T. -. I. W. (2025, October 08). Sentry Post, Western Front 1918. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Museums, T.K.Aitkin - Imperial War. "Sentry Post, Western Front 1918." *World History Encyclopedia*, October 08, 2025. .
### MLA
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205196060) by **T.K.Aitkin - Imperial War Museums**. Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 08 October 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.