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@WilfSteve Fantastic! Reminds me of a painting I did a long time back called Waiting for the Bow Belles…
IT MUST HAVE BEEN HERE, SOMEWHERE.
Veteran of the Great War and chronicler of the old Western Front, RH Mottram & a fellow officer of 9/Norfolks search for a specific site just outside Ypres.
Original painting available here: https://t.co/V8d1C9s4SY
#ww1 #Ypres #illustration
IT'LL BE A BIT DIFFERENT THIS CHRISTMAS, OLD BOY!
Just in front of Plugstreet Wood, two soldiers of the London Rifle Brigade contemplate their first Christmas in the trenches.
Original painting available here: https://t.co/V8d1C9s4SY
#ww1 #art #illustration
@muskrat_john @HardcoreHistory Was it this one by any chance?
G O O D N I G H T L O V E
God bless you and my children and may He soon send me back to those I love is the wish of your Faithful Husband xxxxxxxxx Jack’
Pte. Jack Mudd was killed 4 days later.
A CHEERY EXCHANGE
In December 1916, as the snow begins to fall again, 2/Lt Francis Belcher is greeted with a smile and a gift as he and his men of 1/6th Royal Warks are relieved from a stint in the front line.
Prints available here: https://t.co/q7kOZGCsrM
#ww1 #illustration
THE PRINCESS IS SENDING YOU PRESENTS AGAIN, MOFFATT
In trenches near Cuinchy, a subaltern of the London Scottish hands out a tin from the Princess Mary Fund to a cheery Private on Christmas Day 1914.
Painting & prints available here: https://t.co/GzxY8y4dLK
#ww1 #illustration
A LITTLE REMINDER OF HOME
Tommies of 7th Bn. Somerset LI make their way up to the front line, one Private, on seeing a scattering of celandine, remembers the pathways and lanes near his home.
Painting & prints available here: https://t.co/6eGnuzdllm
#ww1 #illustration
HERE YOU GO, LITTLE FELLA!
On a wintry night a subaltern offers a bit of bread to the resident trench robin.
Painting & prints available here: https://t.co/5Vf8VaIIHJ
#ww1 #illustration
FIRST TIME IN THE LINE
Pte. Henry Nichols and two of his chums in the 1/6th Royal Warwickshires make their way up to the front line for the first time.
Prints available here: https://t.co/vtxnxlxcR8
#ww1 #illustration
THE GREEN FIELDS BEYOND
After an arduous day during the Battle of Cambrai, two officers of B Battalion, Tank Corps greet each other.
Painting and prints available here: https://t.co/n1157ApFYI
#ww1 #illustration #tanks