Look back at the lives of the people in the First World War through 20 black and white pictures below. They were all taken in 1914.
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Crowds, many waving boaters, cheer Britain's declaration of war on Germany in Trafalgar Square, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) |
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Police in Sarajevo arrest a man after a failed assassination attempt on the life of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The arrested man previously thought to be Gavrilo Princip, who succeeded in killing the Archduke the same day, is now thought to be one of his six co-conspirators Nedeljko Cabrinovic. The assassination was one of the causes of World War I. The moment was captured by amateur photographer Milos Oberajger. (Photo by Milos Oberajger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) |
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Exuberance on Unter den Linden in Berlin, following the declaration of war, 4th August 1914. A photograph of Kaiser Wilhelm II is visible in the background. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) |
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Russian soldiers stoping a lorryload of deserters. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) |
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Russian soldiers outside a marconi wireless station. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) |
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Mobilized Austrian troops and officers bid farewell to their wives and sweethearts. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) |
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Belgian soldiers driving a Minerva armoured car during the First World War. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) |
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A recruitment drive during the First World War at Trafalgar Square, London. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images) |
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Two men conscripted to the British Army undergoing a medical check-up at Marylebone Grammar School, London. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images) |
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French officers dining in style in a trench near the front line. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) |
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Two army deserters are threatened by a Russian soldier with raised rifle and bayonet. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) |
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British tommies relaxing and having wounds treated in an underground forward dressing station by the Menin Road in France. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images) |
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German sharpshooters move to a position near the front line, during the fighting near the Aisne River, 1914. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) |
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Injured soldiers rest in a cave in France. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) |
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Wounded British and Belgium soldiers retreating from Mons during World War I. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images) |
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British soldiers, newly arrived in France preparing to go to the lines. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images) |
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French troops waiting to depart for the Belgian front. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images) |
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German infantry on manoeuvres in preparation for war. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) |
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Members of the 15th London Regiment receive their pay outside Somerset House, soon after mobilisation. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) |
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German reservists going home to say goodbye to their families, before leaving to go to the front. The children with them are wearing their father's helmets. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) |
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