Chapel Territorials before their departure for World War One from the training camp at Braintree Essex for the front. Photo Buxton Advertiser archive

placeholder image — Chapel Territorials before their departure for World War One from the training camp at Braintree Essex for the front. Photo Buxton Advertiser archive

Forgotten photographs from World War One taken across the High Peak

By Lucy Ball

Published 11th Nov 2026, 11:03 GMT

In honour of Remembrance Day we wanted to share these old photographs from our archive showing what life was like during the First World War.

The photos show young men all smiles before they went to the front, friends enlisting together, old newspaper cuttings, pictures from when normal life was trying to continue and the wounded who returned home.

We will remember them.

13. At the Devonshire Hospital

Wounded soliders were treated at the Devonshire Hospital - First world War cuttings from the 1914 Buxton Herald. Photo Buxton Advertiser archive Photo: Jason Chadwick

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Forgotten photographs from World War One taken across the High Peak

In honour of Remembrance Day we wanted to share these old photographs from our archive showing what life was like during the First World War.

13. At the Devonshire Hospital

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