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Historical military prints of battle
fought in Belgium during the First World War. First World War battles
including the Battles of Ypres and Mons and other Flanders battles by
leading military artists William Barnes Wollen, Lady Butler and Richard
Caton Woodville.
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Defeat of the Prussian Guard at Ypres, 1914, by the 2nd Battalion Ox and Bucks (52nd) by William Barnes Wollen.
Depicting the Ox and Bucks during close quarter combat amongst the forest area around Ypres. 1914.
Open edition print. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £38.00
ITEM CODE DHM0199
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Sgt. Robert Bye VC, 1st Battalion Welsh Guards near Langemarck by David Rowlands.
3rd Battle of Ypres, 31st July 1917
Open edition print. Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm 31cm). Price £28.00
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Special Promotion : This print is HALF PRICE for a limited time only! Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm). Price £52.80
Signed edition print. Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm). Price £38.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £500.00
Limited edition of 200 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £390.00
ITEM CODE DHM0612
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Sergeant Clarke Directing The Defence Of Chateau Herentage During The First Battle Of Ypres.
When the first German attack on the Ypres salient in November 1914, culminated in a charge of the Prussian Guard on November 11th, Sergeant Clarke was stationed with his troop of the 15th Hussars and a party of Turcos in the Chateau of Herentage with orders to hold it at all cost. The Prussian Guard broke the British front line, and advancing in a great wave, surged round the Chateau, but Clarke had posted his men so skilfully that their rapid fire made the enemy think the place was held in force and they made no attempt to storm it. For two and a half hours this handful of men was utterly isolated, but at length relief arrived. Clarke received the D.C.M. for his leadership in a critical situation.
First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Paper size 10.5 inches x 8.5 inches (27cm x 22cm). Price £13.00
ITEM CODE DTE0074
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The Recoil Of His Gun Often Threw Sergeant Bailey To The Ground.
On the 1st November 1914, at Ypres, when the guns of the 150th Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, were being continually employed in shelling the enemy, a breech mechanism of a gun at which Sergeant D. B. Bailey was working became overheated and resulted in premature firing, causing the carriage to recoil. Sergeant Bailey was thrown to the ground by this on several occasions, and showed most gallant spirit in working his gun after regaining consciousness. Again on the next day he continued to work his gun after being wounded in the head by a shrapnel bullet. For his bravery on this occasion and on many others, he was awarded the D.C.M.
First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Paper size 10.5 inches x 8.5 inches (27cm x 22cm). Price £13.00
ITEM CODE DTE0106
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Major Ing Checking A Retirement At A Critical Moment.
On May 13th 1915, during the second Battle of Ypres, the British line gave way before the tremendous bombardment of the enemy, and as the huge high explosive shells burst on the parapets, completely shattering the trenches, survivors of the ordeal hastily retired. Seeing men falling back, Major George Harold Absell Ing, of the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queens Bays), came back from his trench in the front line and standing with resolute courage on a road exposed to an appalling shellfire, ordered about forty bewildered men in the act of retiring, to join his section of the defence. His gallant action had far reaching results, and he was deservedly awarded the D.S.O.
First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Paper size 10.5 inches x 8.5 inches (27cm x 22cm). Price £13.00
ITEM CODE DTE0181
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Lieutenant Brooke Leading An Attack Under Rifle And Machine Gun Fire To Recapture A Lost British Trench.
On October 31st 1914, the day of the great German onslaught in the first battle of Ypres, Lieutenant James Anson Otho Brooke, of the 2nd Battalion The Gordon Highlanders, was sent across with a message from the right flank to the centre of the defence. He arrived just as the British were once more being driven back by the sheer weight of overwhelming numbers. Seeing that a general counter attack could not be organised to prevent the Germans breaking through, he gathered a handful of men, consisting of servants, coks and orderlies, from the rear: and amidst a storm of bullets from rifles and machine guns, dashed forward and recaptured a lost British trench. He and nearly all his men were killed, but for his most gallant conduct Lieutenant Brooke was awarded the V.C.
First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Paper size 10.5 inches x 8.5 inches (27cm x 22cm). Price £13.00
ITEM CODE DTE0314
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Sergeant Harvey Collecting The Wounded And Placing Them in an Ambulance Wagon Under Heavy Fire.
Following their great attack of October 31st 1914, the Germans made yet another supreme effort on November 11th to break through the British lines in front of Ypres. For the final stroke the 1st and 4th Brigade of the Prussian Guard were brought up from the Arras district, and launched against the point of the British salient on the Menin road. On the following day Sergeant A. Harvey, of the 2nd Battalion West Riding Regiment, collected sixteen wounded men by himself and placed them in an ambulance wagon on the Menin road under continuous shrapnel fire. For his conspicuously gallant conduct he was awarded the D.C.M.
First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Paper size 10.5 inches x 8.5 inches (27cm x 22cm). Price £13.00
ITEM CODE DTE0342
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A Company of the 9th Argylls Advancing Under Heavy Fire to Reinforce the 2nd Camerons During the Second Battle of Ypres.
Between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. on May 10th 1915, during the Second Battle of Ypres, the regiment of the 9th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Territorial Force) was ordered to reinforce the 2nd Camerons with two companies. Major George James Christie thereupon led A and D Companies through a terrific shellfire to a position two hundred yards west of Hooge. But at 9.30 he was ordered to reinforce the trench south of the Menin Road, which was reported to be breaking. A Company was chosen, and led with dauntless courage by Major Christie; they went forward in short rushes with shouts of Good old 9thArgylls. The advance lay over a bare slope without any cover from the terrible fire, but though men fell fast these brave Scotsmen never wavered.
Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Paper size 10.5 inches x 8.5 inches (27cm x 22cm). Price £13.00
ITEM CODE DTE0231
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Corporal Schultz Dressing Wounded Under Heavy fire During The Second Battle of Ypres.
During the second battle of Ypres, Corporal Sam Schultz, of the 10th Canadian Battalion, was in charge of about ten other medical orderlies and fatigue men at a dressing station near Wieltje. On the night of April 24th 1915, the house, which was close behind the British lines, and hardly more than a hundred yards from the German trenches, was practically destroyed by shellfire, and Schultz and his party were obliged to perform their duties in extreme peril. Throughout the night, however, Schultz remained at his post and did not withdraw until the following afternoon, when all the wounded had been removed. He was rewarded with the D.C.M. for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.
First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Paper size 10.5 inches x 8.5 inches (27cm x 22cm). Price £13.00
ITEM CODE DTE0329
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Company Quartermaster-Sergeant Downs Working His Machine Gun From A Haystack For Five Days Under Heavy Fire.
Quartermaster-Sergeant Downs was largely responsible for the training of the machine gunners of the 1st Cheshire Regiment, who did brilliant work in the early stages of the campaign. On one occasion downs and his section were working their machine guns from a haystack for five days to cover the advance of the regiment. All that time they were under heavy shellfire, and the stack itself was hit once, whilst some artillery near by suffered heavy casualties. Nevertheless as observer, he was able to signal the position of a German trench, which was demolished by howitzers.
First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Paper size 10.5 inches x 8.5 inches (27cm x 22cm). Price £13.00
ITEM CODE DTE0054
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Driver G. Smith Saving Panic Stricken Horses From A Burning Farm.
During the terrible German bombardment of Ypres and neighbourhood in April and May, it was quite impossible to find safe quarters even for hospital installations. The artillery and transport horses were continually under fire and many crises occurred. On one occasion a barn in which several horses were stalled was set on fire by a shell. The plight of the terrified animals can well be imagined, but driver G. smith, of the 61st Battery R.F.A., proved himself a man for the moment, and, rushing into the burning building, drew them out into safety, for which action he received the D.C.M.
First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Paper size 10.5 inches x 8.5 inches (27cm x 22cm). Price £13.00
ITEM CODE DTE0046
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Private Callf Pulling A Box Ammunition Out Of A Bomb Store Set Alight By The Bursting Of A Shell.
On September 25th 1915, four attacks, which were secondary to the main British attack in the south, were undertaken between the south of the Ypres salient and the La Passee Caral. The main British attack was, in a sense, made in support of the great French effort in the south. In the early hours of the morning, great masses of British troops were to be seen moving through the communication trenches, which led to the first line. At Festuber a shell burst in the trench, which were very crowded at the time, and set fire to a large bomb store. Private A. Callf, of the 9th Battalion Cheshire Regiment, at once pulled out a box of small arms ammunition, which was burning, and carried it from the trench.
First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Paper size 10.5 inches x 8.5 inches (27cm x 22cm). Price £13.00
ITEM CODE DTE0321
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Sepoy Khudadad Workingta Machine Gun After The Rest Of The Gun Detachment Had Been Killed.
On October 31st 1914, the first battle of Ypres reached its most critical stage. For a time General Allenby held the whole lne from Klein Zillebeke to Hollebeke, with only his cavalry and two exhausted battalions of the 7th Indian Brigade. While numerous German shells were bursting over the trenches at Hollebeke, a British officer, commanding a machine gun detachment, was wounded and all except one of the guns were put out of action. Though wounded he, Sepoy Khudadad, of the 129th Duke of Connaughts Own Baluchia, with great courage stayed to work his gun until all his comrades of the detachment had been killed. He was awarded the V.C. for most conspicuous gallantry.
First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Paper size 10.5 inches x 8.5 inches (27cm x 22cm). Price £13.00
ITEM CODE DTE0294
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Defeat
of the Prussian Guard at Ypres, 1914, by the 2nd Battalion Ox and Bucks
(52nd) by William Barnes Wollen.
Sgt. Robert Bye VC, 1st
Battalion Welsh Guards near Langemarck by David Rowlands 3rd
Battle of Ypres, 31st July 1917.
Sergeant Clarke
Directing The Defence Of Chateau Herentage During The First Battle Of
Ypres. When the first German attack on the Ypres salient in
November 1914, culminated in a charge of the Prussian Guard on November
11th, Sergeant Clarke was stationed with his troop of the 15th Hussars
and a party of Turcos in the Chateau of Herentage with orders to hold it
at all cost. The Prussian
Guard broke the British front line, and advancing in a great wave,
surged round the Chateau, but Clarke had posted his men so skilfully
that their rapid fire made the enemy think the place was held in force
and they made no attempt to storm it.
For two and a half hours this handful of men was utterly
isolated, but at length relief arrived.
Clarke received the D.C.M. for his leadership in a critical
situation.
The Recoil Of
His Gun Often Threw Sergeant Bailey To The Ground.
On the 1st November 1914, at Ypres, when the guns of the 150th
Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, were being continually employed in
shelling the enemy, a breech mechanism of a gun at which Sergeant D. B.
Bailey was working became overheated and resulted in premature firing,
causing the carriage to recoil.
Sergeant Bailey was thrown to the ground by this on several
occasions, and showed most gallant spirit in working his gun after
regaining consciousness. Again
on the next day he continued to work his gun after being wounded in the
head by a shrapnel bullet. For
his bravery on this occasion and on many others, he was awarded the
D.C.M.
Major Ing
Checking A Retirement At A Critical Moment.
On May 13th 1915, during the second Battle of Ypres, the British
line gave way before the tremendous bombardment of the enemy, and as the
huge high explosive shells burst on the parapets, completely shattering
the trenches, survivors of the ordeal hastily retired. Seeing
men falling back, Major George Harold Absell Ing, of the 2nd Dragoon
Guards (Queens Bays), came back from his trench in the front line and
standing with resolute courage on a road exposed to an appalling
shellfire, ordered about forty bewildered men in the act of retiring, to
join his section of the defence. His
gallant action had far reaching results, and he was deservedly awarded
the D.S.O.
Lieutenant Brooke Leading An
Attack Under Rifle And Machine Gun Fire To Recapture A Lost British
Trench. On October 31st 1914, the day of the great German onslaught
in the first battle of Ypres, Lieutenant James Anson Otho Brooke, of the
2nd Battalion The Gordon Highlanders, was sent across with a message
from the right flank to the centre of the defence.
He arrived just as the British were once more being driven back
by the sheer weight of overwhelming numbers.
Seeing that a general counter attack could not be organised to
prevent the Germans breaking through, he gathered a handful of men,
consisting of servants, coks and orderlies, from the rear: and amidst a
storm of bullets from rifles and machine guns, dashed forward and
recaptured a lost British trench. He
and nearly all his men were killed, but for his most gallant conduct
Lieutenant Brooke was awarded the V.C.
Sergeant Harvey Collecting The
Wounded And Placing Them in an Ambulance Wagon Under Heavy Fire.
Following their great attack of October 31st 1914, the Germans made yet
another supreme effort on November 11th to break through the British
lines in front of Ypres.
For the final stroke the 1st and 4th Brigade of the Prussian
Guard were brought up from the Arras district, and launched against the
point of the British salient on the Menin road.
On the following day Sergeant A. Harvey, of the 2nd Battalion
West Riding Regiment, collected sixteen wounded men by himself and
placed them in an ambulance wagon on the Menin road under continuous
shrapnel fire. For his
conspicuously gallant conduct he was awarded the D.C.M.
A Company of the 9th Argylls Advancing Under Heavy
Fire to Reinforce the 2nd Camerons During the Second Battle of Ypres.
Between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. on May 10th 1915, during the Second Battle of
Ypres, the regiment of the 9th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
(Territorial Force) was ordered to reinforce the 2nd Camerons with two
companies. Major George James Christie thereupon led A and D Companies
through a terrific shellfire to a position two hundred yards west of
Hooge. But at 9.30 he was
ordered to reinforce the trench south of the Menin Road, which was
reported to be breaking. A
Company was chosen, and led with dauntless courage by Major Christie;
they went forward in short rushes with shouts of Good old
9thArgylls. The advance lay over a bare slope without any cover from the
terrible fire, but though men fell fast these brave Scotsmen never
wavered.
Corporal Schultz Dressing
Wounded Under Heavy fire During The Second Battle of Ypres.
During the second battle of Ypres, Corporal Sam Schultz, of the 10th
Canadian Battalion, was in charge of about ten other medical orderlies
and fatigue men at a dressing station near Wieltje. On the night of April 24th 1915, the house, which
was close behind the British lines, and hardly more than a hundred yards
from the German trenches, was practically destroyed by shellfire, and
Schultz and his party were obliged to perform their duties in extreme
peril. Throughout the
night, however, Schultz remained at his post and did not withdraw until
the following afternoon, when all the wounded had been removed.
He was rewarded with the D.C.M. for conspicuous gallantry and
devotion to duty.
Company Quartermaster-Sergeant Downs
Working His Machine Gun From A Haystack For Five Days Under Heavy Fire.
At Ypres, Quartermaster-Sergeant Downs was largely responsible for the
training of the machine gunners of the 1st Cheshire Regiment, who did
brilliant work in the early stages of the campaign.
On one occasion downs and his section were working their machine
guns from a haystack for five days to cover the advance of the regiment.
All that time they were under heavy shellfire, and the stack
itself was hit once, whilst some artillery near by suffered heavy
casualties. Nevertheless as observer, he was able to signal the position
of a German trench, which was demolished by howitzers.
Driver G. Smith Saving Panic
Stricken Horses From A Burning Farm. During the terrible
German bombardment of Ypres and neighbourhood in April and May, it was
quite impossible to find safe quarters even for hospital installations.
The artillery and transport horses were continually under fire
and many crises occurred. On
one occasion a barn in which several horses were stalled was set on fire
by a shell. The plight of the terrified animals can well be imagined, but
driver G. smith, of the 61st Battery R.F.A., proved himself a man for
the moment, and, rushing into the burning building, drew them out into
safety, for which action he received the D.C.M.
Private Callf
Pulling A Box Ammunition Out Of A Bomb Store Set Alight By The Bursting
Of A Shell. On September 25th 1915, four attacks, which were
secondary to the main British attack in the south, were undertaken
between the south of the Ypres salient and the La Passee Caral.
The main British attack was, in a sense, made in support of the
great French effort in the south. In
the early hours of the morning, great masses of British troops were to
be seen moving through the communication trenches, which led to the
first line. At Festuber a shell burst in the trench, which were very
crowded at the time, and set fire to a large bomb store. Private A. Callf, of the 9th Battalion Cheshire Regiment, at
once pulled out a box of small arms ammunition, which was burning, and
carried it from the trench.
Sepoy Khudadad Workingta
Machine Gun After The Rest Of The Gun Detachment Had Been Killed.
On October 31st 1914, the first battle of Ypres reached its most
critical stage. For a time
General Allenby held the whole lne from Klein Zillebeke to Hollebeke,
with only his cavalry and two exhausted battalions of the 7th Indian
Brigade. While numerous German shells were bursting over the trenches
at Hollebeke, a British officer, commanding a machine gun detachment,
was wounded and all except one of the guns were put out of action.
Though wounded he, Sepoy Khudadad, of the 129th Duke of
Connaughts Own Baluchia, with great courage stayed to work his gun until
all his comrades of the detachment had been killed.
He was awarded the V.C. for most conspicuous gallantry.
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| Battle for Ypres.
During World war one there were three major battle for Ypres. (A
Belgium Town west of Flanders and South of Ostend) The first a British
Offensive between October and November 1914. The fighting was extremely
heavy and ended up with the Germans gaining the commanding ground around
Ypres including the Ridge of Messines. The British and French held the
saliant around Ypres which extended into the German line, This made
the area held by the British and French to be bombarded by three fronts
and nearly from the rear as well. The losses were estimated to be 150,000
casualties each on both sides.
The second Battle for Ypres (April to May 1915) opened with a Chlorine
gas attack by the Germans, This opened a large gap in the British lines,
But the Germans were unable to exploit the situation, before the British
and Canadians had filled the gap with reserves. More gas attacks followed, and the
Allied forces had to withdrawal a small area ,making there incursion in
the German Line smaller.
The Third Battle for Ypres in July to November 1917, is known as
Passchendale. This Allied Offensive was fought by British, Canadian and Australian
troops and was launched with the aim to Capture the Belgium
ports held by the German's. Fought in very bad conditions in driving rain
and waterlogged ground. The Allies lost over 300,000 casualties for the
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