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PHOTOGRAPHER & PAINTER: Ancien combattant producing occasional images of old battlefields.
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More De Laszlo paintings, the US commander General John J Pershing - Black Jack, painted in 1921 & 1933. He painted the General 5 times in total. In both cases he has used a half opened coat to loosen the stiff formality of the military sitter.#paintings

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I just love this evocative portrait of James McEwen. Tragically killed on the Somme aged 20. Painted by De Lazlo, better known for painting society beauty’s of that time.

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What do you think? . My brother in law as Boney

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Appropriate for Easter, is the Maltskorn Calvary is on the site of a former farm that gave the Germans a dominant view across the countryside. It fell to the 2nd Bedfordshire’s on 30th July 16. Trones Wood & Guillemot cemetery can be seen on the horizon

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Part of a tunnelling system that British troops used make their way forward, emerging on top of the Germans at the start of the Arras offensive. Today a part has been reopened as Carrière Wellington in Arras, Dug mainly by New Zealanders, do visit.
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The Vimy Memorial, built after the war in gleaming Seget Limestone is without doubt one of the finest on the Western Front. Sacred soil for Canadians, it represents a defining point in their history as they emerged into an independent nation.

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A favourite location is the Indian Memorial at Neuve Chapelle to the memory of 4,700 Indian soldiers who lost their lives on the Western Front. Tragic that it is so close to this busy roundabout, street lighting - and cannot be seen easily through the trees.

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