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J. R. R. Tolkien (aged 24) in army uniform, photograph taken in 1916.

Tolkien was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers in July 1915. He trained with the 13th (Reserve) Battalion on Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, for eleven months. He was transferred to the 11th (Service) Battalion with the British Expeditionary Force, arriving in France on 4 June 1916.


  • The photo dates to 1916, but was published only in 1977. It may be in the public domain in some countries (which ones?), but possibly not in the UK.
  • This photograph was published in the UK in 1977 in J. R. R. Tolkien - a biography, by Humphrey Carpenter. No credit given.
  • immediate source: http://www.kulichki.com/tolkien/cabinet/fotos/jrrt_war.jpg
  • the below tag assumes (without any evidence either way) that the anonymous "author" (presumably a professional photographer) died more than 70 years ago. What is the copyright situation for "family photographs" taken by professional photographers? Does the lifetime of the photographer count, or the lifetime of the person commissioning the photograph?


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