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12. The last line home.
23/07/1916
Sketch includes legend: "Rouen, 23/7/16". On reverse: "Rouen: 46th. Infantry base depot. Killing time while awaiting orders for the line. Drawn with fountain pen and spill of paper."
13. Chess enthusiasts: their last game.
23/07/1916
Painting includes legend: "The chess enthusiast. 46th I.B.D., 23/7/16. Kilby, killed 21.9.16. Hedges, shell-struck " [21/9/16]". On reverse: "13. Hedges and Kilby playing with a pocket chess set. Woun...
16. Sarton (Somme): a good billet.
15/08/1916
Painting includes legend: "Sarton 15/8/16. Stone, buried and wounded 21.8.16." On reverse: "16. A Somme billet: 1916. My room on left; batman's aloft. The man in the sketch was a week later buried wit...
17. Sarton.
12/08/1916
Painting includes legend: "My bed, Sarton 12/8/16, Capt. King's room." On reverse: "17. My bed on left. Box underneath was necessary to support the bulge of one's anatomy. Capt. King mentioned killed ...
18. Crucifix Corner, Thiepval: Albert Church in distance.
20/10/1916
Sketch includes legend: "From the dugout. Crucifix Corner. 20.10.16". On reverse: "18. Crucifix Corner: Thiepval. View from the dugout overlooking River Somme. Albert Church with its hanging Virgin in...
19. Artillery preparation: Authuille Wood, Thiepval.
Oct-16
Sketch includes legend: "Thiepval, Authuille Wood, Oct. 1916". On reverse: "19. Thiepval during Somme battle. Enemy barrage. Many thousands of men are concentrated in the trenches faintly indicated. H...
20. H.Q., Coy. in reserve: Le Touquet, Armentières.
c. 1916-1918
On reverse: "20. Le Touquet, Armentieres. Support trenches running through Station ruins. The dark object in centre is the end of a train complete with engine, left when the Boche overran this area in...
21. Coy. H.Q., Le Touquet Station.
c. 1916-1918
Painting includes legend: "Le Touquet Station. Coy. H.Q.". On reverse: "21. Le Touquet Station. Another view on a dismal winter's day. Rat hunting by moonlight was the favourite recreation when no spe...
22. 'Plugstreet' Church and Kemmel Hill.
Dec-16
Painting includes legend: "Plugstreet, Xmas 1916". On reverse: "22. Ploegsteert Church & Mt. Kimmel. From ruined billet, Christmas Day, 1916. The Mess celebrated by playing a battered Decca but had to...
23. Gunners' Farm: Le Touquet sector.
29/12/1916
Painting includes legend: "Gunners Farm, 29.12.16". On reverse: "23. Gunners' Farm: Le Touquet. A Platoon H.Q. in support. Sketched wearing a gas mask after an attack."
24. Nieppe Church, Armentières (in 1916).
23/11/1916
Armentières (in 1916)." Painting includes legend: "Nieppe Church 23.11.16." On reverse: "24. Nieppe Church, Arementieres, 1916. (About five miles behind the line) When revisited in 1918 after the big...