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Description: | 1 notepad: hand-written, service notes for the Western Front. Contents include a hand-drawn cross-section of a Mills bomb, notes on how to fit an ‘igniter’ on a Mills bomb, various map reading aids, a guide to gas clouds, bombing party tactics and notes on defending against opposition bombing parties, a hand-painted diagram of how to fortify a house, as well as various pencil diagrams of trench defences. There are also pencil diagrams of infantry attack formations and tactics.
1 service record [blue cover] includes personal and service details. Contained within is a medal ribbon, a 'Today's Quotation' taken from a newpaper, and a small hand-drawn, pencil diagram.
x2 sketch pads containing portait profiles, caricatures and landscape sketches.
x7 ink and watercolour drawings: 3 watercolour drawings of landscapes and a camp in Abbeville, all dated 1919. 1 mid-size ink drawing of 3 British soldiers and a tank in No Man's Land, dated 1917. 2 ink drawings bearing quotations of Omar Khayyam, both dated 1919. 1 small-scale drawing of British troops assembled beneath a crucifix. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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