Moving photos from the First World War have been brought to life in colour to coincide with the 99th anniversary of Armistice Day.
They show smiling British men and boys marching out of the trenches and jumping into trucks to make the long journey home from the battlefields.
But other soldiers have nothing to smile about as they mourn their dead brothers, cousins, fathers and friends.
Happy troops: This colourised image shows New Zealand troops on the Western front laughing and smiling in a trench
Victory: This photo shows smiling British men and boys marching out of a trench at captured from the Germans at the Somme. A sign reads ‘the old hun line’ – referring to where the German front line used to be
Grief: Other soldiers have nothing to smile about as they mourn their dead brothers, cousins, fathers and friends. As many as 700,000 British men and boys died in the First World War. Pictured: One poignant photo shows the funeral of Sergeant Henry Nicholas, VC, in World War I, France
King George V placing a wreath on the coffin of the Unknown Warrior, at the Cenotaph, on Armistice Day. Nov 11 1920
Jubilation: Crowds in New York celebrate the end of the First World War. America joined the conflict in 1917
Stirring: photos from the end of First World War have been brought to life in colour to coincide with the 99th Armistice Day. Pictured: Soldiers celebrate as the war ends
This picture shows nuns laying wreaths in a field of mass graves. The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I was around 40million
A group of Scottish soldiers wearing kilts smiled for the camera as they prepared to board a truck to head away from the battlefields
Delight: A group of troops wave their hats as they pose for a camera on the edge of a road next to some hedgerows
Destruction: This photo shows a bombed out town with collapsing buildings as a lone soldier wanders near a crater
One poignant photo shows the funeral of Sergeant Henry Nicholas, VC, in World War I, France. Another shows nuns laying wreaths in a field of mass graves.
The images were colourised by Cardiff-based electrician, Royston Leonard, 55.
He said: ‘The First World War was the first-time machines took over the battlefield and both sides rained down shells making it hell for troops on the ground to the point where the men just had no hope at all, it was just madness.
Around 700,000 British soldiers were killed in the First World War out of six million who fought. The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War One was around 40million.
Royston also discussed how long the project of colourising the photos took him as well as his personal relationship with World War One.
‘The project has taken me months to do and many, many hours to complete,’ he said.
‘My grandfather fought in the war and I often asked my father about him, my dad said that all he ever told him was that they moved 100 yards in four years.
‘He had the firing pin from his machine gun on the shelf over the fire place in his front room until the day he died.
‘To this day it is still such a shame that there was such a total waste of life and what these men had to endure in the face of hell.’
- A selection of these images appear in the new book Retrographic by author Michael D. Carroll available on Amazon for £14.97
An old French couple, M. and Mme. Baloux of Brieulles-sur-Bar, France, under German occupation for four years, greeting soldiers of the 308th and 166th Infantry upon their arrival during the American advance
German soldiers on board a tank which bears the word escapade on the side. Three sit on the top while another leans out of the window
British troops march with combat gear and rifles slung over their backs as they make their way over a grassy mound
Over the top: This photo shows soldiers charging at the enemy during a dawn attack by going over the top of the trenches
Soldiers relax in a trench in France. One can be seen attending to his rifle as another smokes a cigarette
Devastation: Three soldiers look out across a battlefield where wagons are upturned and destroyed and craters break up the mud
A group of eight British soldiers stand next to a blown-out building. They smile as they pose for the camera wearing their helmets
The announcement of armistice saw wild scenes in Philadelphia. This picture was taken on Nov 11, 1918
A German prisoner helps British wounded make their way to a dressing station near Bernafay Wood, following fighting on Bazentin Ridge, July 19, 1916, during the Battle of the Somme
Captain Benjamin H Geary VC, 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment being carried in on a stretcher by prisoner bearers at Achiet-le-Petit. 21 Aug 1918