Casualties from the front pass destroyed tanks, Villers-Bretonneux, France, World War I mb-code 42-43868318 Peter Firth and Alexandra Pigg

Peter Firth and Alexandra Pigg seen here filming a scene for the film Letter to Brezhnev on location in Liverpool 1st October 1985

Showing carriages on the road and figures walking in the square

who has a hit single at the moment

The verse beneath describes a sailor (crab) insulting a Chelsea Pensioner (lobster) and then becoming reconciled on learning that the lobster had once saved his life

Casualties from the front pass destroyed tanks, Villers-Bretonneux, France, World War I mb-code 42-43868318 Peter Firth and Alexandra PiggCasualties from the front pass destroyed tanks, Villers Bretonneux, France, World War I, 1918. Villers Bretonneux was the scene of the first tank battle in history, on 24th April 1918. The town was captured by Australian troops on 25th April, at the cost of over 1200 lives, a sacrifice honoured by an Australian war memorial built there in 1919. Stereoscopic card detail.