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  • The Ypres Salient at Night The Ypres Salient at Night

    (art) Made by: Nash, Paul (artist) 1918

    image: A night scene showing three soldiers on the fire step of a trench surprised by a brilliant star shell lighting up the view over the battlefield. On the left there is a flooded shell-hole, beyond which stand three other soldiers, overlooked by a...

  • The War Refugees' Camp, Earl's Court 1918 The War Refugees' Camp, Earl's Court 1918

    (art) Made by: Rushbury, Henry (Sir) (RA) 1918

    image: In the foreground a group of refugees stand and sit underneath an archway. The group is predominantly made up of women, as well as four young children and two men, one of whom has a white beard and is lighting a pipe. In the background through the...

  • Brigade Headquarters: Signallers and Linesmen Brigade Headquarters: Signallers and Linesmen

    (art) Made by: Roberts, William (RA) 1918

    image: a group of stylised figures installing communication lines outside a Brigade Headquarters housed in a dugout. Light shines down on the scene from the left illuminating one side of the figures.

  • Gunners. Turning Out for an SOS. Battery action at night Gunners. Turning Out for an SOS. Battery action at night

    (art) Made by: Roberts, William (RA) 1918

    image: a group of gunners of the Royal Field Artillery hurriedly emerging from a dugout, still dressing as they run towards a battery firing into the distance. A Sergeant stands to the left of the composition, holding a torch in his hand shining down at...

  • Signallers Signallers

    (art) Made by: Roberts, William (RA) 1918

    image: a scene with six British signallers laying a wire in a trench. The two men in the centre appear to be shouting at one another, perhaps as a result of the noise of artillery fire, and the others look on, transfixed in their pose. A wounded man lies...

  • The Menin Road The Menin Road

    (art) Made by: Roberts, William (RA) 1917

    image: a view down the Menin Road in the Ypres sector of the Western Front. Two small columns of British troops march along the road, the foremost comprised of men of the Royal Field Artillery. Two ambulance trucks drive ahead of them. Alongside the road...

  • HMS Lord Clive : shelling the German forts on the Belgian Coast with her 18-inch gun HMS Lord Clive : shelling the German forts on the Belgian Coast with her 18-inch gun

    (art) Made by: Parkes, Oscar (OBE) 1918

    image: a starboard stern quarter view of a large warship at sea, firing her large gun.

  • Their Home - Belgium 1918 Their Home - Belgium 1918

    (posters) Made by: Brown, F Gregory (artist) 1918-05

    whole: the image is placed centrally, with the title across the top and the subtitle across the bottom, both in dark blue. All set against a light grey background. image: a weeping mother and her two children sit with a cradle amongst the ruins of Ypres...

  • Le Foyer du Soldat [Soldiers’ Hostels] Le Foyer du Soldat [Soldiers’ Hostels]

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

    whole: the title and text occupy the centre and lower centre, in black, with the image forming a decorative border. All set against a white background. image: two classical columns supporting a heavily decorated architrave. The flags of the Allied...

  • Spectacle de Gala Spectacle de Gala

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1916-06-30

    whole: the title is positioned in the upper quarter, with the text occupying the remainder, in black. The text is divided by black horizontal lines. The corners of the poster are coloured red, with the remainder set against a yellow background. image:...

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