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    12 Eerie Photos Of World War I Blended With The Present, 100 Years On

    July 2014 marked the outbreak of World War I, a century ago. Photographer Peter Macdiarmid brings us closer to history with blended photos from the past.

    Matthew Tucker
    by Matthew Tucker

    BuzzFeed Picture Editor, UK

    1. Bomb damage in Lowestoft, England, 1916.

    Peter Macdiarmid/Popperfoto / Getty

    2. Serbian soldiers marching in the Lord Mayor's show, London, in the last days of World War I, 9 November 1918.

    Peter Macdiarmid/Archive, A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency / Getty
    Peter Macdiarmid/Archive, A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency / Getty
    Peter Macdiarmid/Archive, A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency / Getty

    3. Soldiers and nurses at Great Dixter, Northiam, East Sussex, 1916.

    Peter Macdiarmid/English Heritage/Heritage Images / Getty

    Soldiers at a table in the Great Hall at Great Dixter, with some still in bed. The medieval beams and mullioned window are clearly visible. Great Dixter was turned into a convalescent home for soldiers in the first World War, a few years after Lutyens had worked on the house for Nathaniel Lloyd.

    4. A MKIV tank at the Lord Mayor's show in London, November 1917.

    Peter Macdiarmid/Archive, Topical Press Agency / Getty
    Peter Macdiarmid/Archive, Topical Press Agency / Getty
    Peter Macdiarmid/Archive, Topical Press Agency / Getty

    5. Indian soldiers, wounded fighting at Flanders, recuperating at Bournemouth, England, circa 1917.

    Peter Macdiarmid/Underwood Archives / Getty

    6. Injured Indian soldiers of the British Army at the Brighton Pavilion, converted into a military hospital around 1915.

    Peter Macdiarmid / Getty/Archive, Hulton Archive
    Peter Macdiarmid / Getty/Archive, Hulton Archive
    Peter Macdiarmid / Getty/Archive, Hulton Archive

    7. Australian soldiers outside Egypt House in New Broad Street, London, where the Australian Bank is housed, 23 June 1917.

    Peter Macdiarmid / Getty/Archive, Topical Press Agency

    8. British soldiers inspecting a captured German plane in the Horseguards' Parade, London, November 1915.

    Peter Macdiarmid/Topical Press Agency / Getty
    Peter Macdiarmid/Topical Press Agency / Getty
    Peter Macdiarmid/Topical Press Agency / Getty

    9. Wounded soldiers and cadets at the Albert Hall on Empire Day in May 1918 in London, England.

    Peter Macdiarmid / Getty/Archive, Topical Press Agency

    10. German prisoners of war on their way to Southend Pier accompanied by guards and watched by the local populace, 1914.

    Peter Macdiarmid/Archive, Topical Press Agency / Getty
    Peter Macdiarmid/Archive, Topical Press Agency / Getty
    Peter Macdiarmid/Archive, Topical Press Agency / Getty

    11. American troops marching down Sloane Street, west London, 1918.

    Peter Macdiarmid/Interim Archives / Getty

    12. Wounded soldiers playing football outside Blenheim Palace around 1916 in Woodstock, England.

    Peter Macdiarmid/Archive, Central Press / Getty
    Peter Macdiarmid/Archive, Central Press / Getty
    Peter Macdiarmid/Archive, Central Press / Getty