The swans of Ypres, Belgium. The birds shown had been through the bombardment of the war. These swans have lived through all the shelling that Ypres has gone through. The centre bird was born during the War. August 1916 [Described by the RECON project]. The photo is number o.701 but is associated to Photo o.505 (attached) which is not known to be in the collection. CEF service file of Capt. Henry (Harry) Knobel attached