ID: 2333
Two Pencil Drawings
WORLD WAR ONE
Category: First World War
Place/Publisher/Date:
No Place. No publisher. 1915.
Description:
Two pencil drawings of 9th Heavy Battery position between Armentières and Houplines August 1915. Framed and glazed with original label pasted to rear with indistinct signature. The battery was formed on 26th August 1914 as a 4-gun 4.7in battery. It went to France in May 1915 with the 9th (Scottish) Division which it left within a few days to join H.A.Reserve and went into action near Armentieres. These well executed drawings were possible sent home to his children by a member of the battery as they contain images of rabbits and snails. Fine.
Price £450.00
