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  • 'Stand To' Before Dawn 'Stand To' Before Dawn

    (art) Made by: Nash, John (RA) 1918

    image: British infantrymen stand-to in a duckboarded trench. They lean against the parapet looking over the breastworks into No Man's Land, with their rifles beside them. There are two large puffs of smoke from artillery fire hanging in the dawn sky to...

  • Study for 'Over The Top' (IWM ART 1656) Study for 'Over The Top' (IWM ART 1656)

    (art) Made by: Nash, John (RA) 1918

    image: a squared up preparatory drawing for the oil painting 'Over the Top' (IWM ART 1656). On the left, a red earth trench lined with duckboards stretches away from the viewer. A group of soldiers clamber from the trench, going 'over the top'. Two lie...

  • Study for Oppy Wood, 1917 (IWM ART 2243) Study for Oppy Wood, 1917 (IWM ART 2243)

    (art) Made by: Nash, John (RA) 1917

    image: a squared up preparatory drawing for John Nash's painting 'Oppy Wood'. The lower half of the composition has a view inside a trench with duckboard paths leading to a dug-out to the right. Two British infantrymen stand on the firestep to the left,...

  • An Advanced Post, Night An Advanced Post, Night

    (art) Made by: Nash, John (RA) 1918

    image: a night scene inside the trench of an advanced post with four British infantrymen; they are all posed with their backs to the viewer. Two stand at the bottom of the trench, the others sit and lean higher up the trench wall. They all appear to be...

  • A Bombing Post in the Snow A Bombing Post in the Snow

    (art) Made by: Nash, John (RA) 1918

    image: Four British infantrymen wearing greatcoats and winter clothing lie in a shell hole in snow-covered No Man's Land, which is littered with barbed wire.

  • Lieut F W Stear, MC, CGM, RNVR : 1918 Lieut F W Stear, MC, CGM, RNVR : 1918

    (art) Made by: McEvoy, Ambrose (ARA) 1918

    image: a half length portrait of Lieutenant F W Stear of the Hawke Battalion, 63rd Royal Naval Division. He is shown wearing uniform and cap, with his medal ribbons on his chest and his battalion badge on his tunic collar.

  • One of the Ansons : this man was in the Anson Battalion, Royal Naval Division One of the Ansons : this man was in the Anson Battalion, Royal Naval Division

    (art) Made by: McEvoy, Ambrose (ARA)

    image: a full length portrait of an infantryman of the Anson Battalion, 63rd Royal Naval Division. He is depicted in full uniform and kit, holding his rifle with his right hand, the butt resting on the ground. He is shown in profile.

  • Colonel R W Clements, CMG, DSO, ADMS : 1918 Colonel R W Clements, CMG, DSO, ADMS : 1918

    (art) Made by: McEvoy, Ambrose (ARA) 1918

    image: a head and shoulders portrait of Colonel R W Clements, the Assistant Director of Medical Services with the 63rd Royal Naval Division. He is wearing uniform and peaked cap, which has a blue band around it. His medal ribbons are visible on his chest...

  • Major-General C E Lawrie, CB, CMG, DSO : 1918 Major-General C E Lawrie, CB, CMG, DSO : 1918

    (art) Made by: McEvoy, Ambrose (ARA) 1918

    image: A half length portrait of Lawrie, wearing full uniform and looking straight ahead.

  • One of the Nelsons : this man was in the 'Nelson' Battalion, Royal Naval Division One of the Nelsons : this man was in the 'Nelson' Battalion, Royal Naval Division

    (art) Made by: McEvoy, Ambrose (ARA)

    image: a three-quarter length portrait of an infantryman of the Nelson Battalion of the 63rd Royal Naval Division. He stands holding his rifle with his right hand, the butt resting on the ground and with bayonet attached. He has a small pack on his back...

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