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Description: | Raymond Desvarreaux 1916
image: A full length portrait of a British infantryman, who is in the process of using a rifle grenade. He stands in a
trench with three spare rifle grenades strapped to his front amongst his equipment. He holds another rifle grenade in his hand and his
rifle, which also contains a grenade in the barrel ready for firing, rests against the sand-bagged wall of the trench.
One of a set of 20 paintings presented in memory of Colonel H N Schofield (VC, RFA) who won the VC at Colenso on
15 December 1899 and served as Commandant on the Lines of Communication in France 1915-18. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 01/3(4-15) Weapons Military Personnel British Army portrait / personification Uniforms Western Front trench / defences First World War | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Desvarreux, Raymond | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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