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  • Captain R Pitman, DSC Merchant Navy. He commanded Captain R Pitman, DSC Merchant Navy. He commanded "SS St Helier" in the evacuation of Dunkirk

    (art) Made by: Helps, Francis

    image: A head and shoulder portrait of Captain R Pitman in uniform, facing to the left.

  • Out of Bounds for All Ranks Out of Bounds for All Ranks

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1940

    image: Two smiling women, probably prostitutes, standing in a doorway. A small dog lifts its leg against a wall on which is posted a notice reading 'OUT OF BOUNDS FOR ALL RANKS'.

  • The Field Cashier's Office at Berneville The Field Cashier's Office at Berneville

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1940

    image: A farmyard with soldiers going in and out of a building on the right via a double staircase. One soldier stands to attention next to the stairs. There are two military vehicles in left side of the image. Two bare-bottomed children are playing in...

  • Firing on the Ranges Firing on the Ranges

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1940

    image: Three British officers chat to each other in the foreground. In the background a soldier stands with his arm in the air, signaling for a field gun to be fired.

  • With the 300th: Lunch in the Nieppe Forest With the 300th: Lunch in the Nieppe Forest

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1940

    image: Two soldiers lean against the back of a truck in the forest, drinking from a bottle. There are two other soldiers in the background, reading a map.

  • With the 300th: Working Party in the Rain, April 1940 With the 300th: Working Party in the Rain, April 1940

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1940-04-01

    image: A working party wearing capes and helmets stand huddled together, next to a house with shutters. One of them is looking away down the road, towards an approaching truck. image verso: Study for the finished drawing overleaf. Line drawing of the...

  • With the 300th: Gun Positions With the 300th: Gun Positions

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1940

    image:The scene is at the edge of a wood. Foreground left and background left there are guns dug in, manned by two gunners. Right, leaning against a tree is another soldier standing. Before him, also leaning against the tree is a motor cycle.

  • With the 300th: Outside the Billets at Merris With the 300th: Outside the Billets at Merris

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1940

    image: A group of soldiers in a doorway. One is squatting on the doorstep, smoking a pipe. To their right is a washing line hung over a fenced garden.

  • With the 300th: The Sergeants' Mess at Merris With the 300th: The Sergeants' Mess at Merris

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1940

    image: A domestic interior in which three soldiers are sitting around a table. In the foreground a sergeant leans near the stove, chatting to a woman who appears to be sewing.

  • With the 300th: A Farmyard at Merris With the 300th: A Farmyard at Merris

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1940

    image: A view of a French farmyard. To the right is a group of soldiers with their backs to us, reporting to their Sergeant Major. A soldier at the back is being harassed by a caged black dog. To the left a soldier is climbing a ladder to the hayloft and...

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