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Jean Veber, ‘Gas’, lithograph, 1918. The artist was gassed having volunteered for service in the French Army age 50. https://t.co/9h4zExR90a
John Nash, ‘A Bombing Post in the Snow', 1918. Nash served on the Western Front with the 1st Artists’ Rifles. (@I_W_M ART 1159)
'Puddings for Fritz.' Pte John Griffiths, Liverpool Irish, Liverpool Courier cartoon competition, Dec 1917.
I'm booked @PallantGallery to see the Barnett Freedman exhibition next week, including this one 'Headquarters Room, Southwick Park, Portsmouth, June 1944' (@I_W_M ART LD 4638). https://t.co/lZiZfnkAyK
Today's📷: 'Dad'. Soldier unknown. Watford photographer.
Today's 📷: '1918 Die-Hards Iron Div'. Farriers on the Western Front shoeing a lively draught horse. 'The Iron Division' was the nickname for the British 3rd Division, though the sergeant seems to be wearing the badge of the 39th.
Today, two photos of underage soldiers in 16th (Home Service) Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), Reed Hall Camp, Colchester, 1917. Boys who enlisted underage were held in Home Service battalions until they reached 19 & could be sent overseas.1/3
Today's photo: 'I shall soon be following this picture I hope you will like it babs. To Dear Little Babs with love from her friend Jim xxx Feb 24th 1919'. 16th Canadian Scottish, attached 1st Division HQ, Huy, Belgium.
'Battle of the Scarpe. Gunners of the Royal Horse Artillery in a German 5.9-inch howitzer emplacement on the Arras-Cambrai road, April 1917.' Photo: Ernest Brooks. They wear 29th Division insignia. (©@I_W_M Q 2034)
Today's photo shows unknown Army Service Corps drivers with a Daimler lorry in the UK, 1915-18.