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Mounted sketches and paintings of Gallipoli, the East Mediterranean and the Western Front (1915-1917) / R.C. Perry.

  • Original object type: Artefact
  • Title: Mounted sketches and paintings of Gallipoli, the East Mediterranean and the Western Front (1915-1917) / R.C. Perry.
  • Description:

    "16. Sarton (Somme): a good billet." 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 with all the other Company batmen by a shell. Three were killed: this man was rescued alive but was seriously injured by a trenching tool while being dug out."

  • Date range: 15/08/1916
  • Depositing User: - libemu
  • Date Deposited: 03 Jun 2014 16:25
  • Last Modified: 03 Jun 2014 16:25