Mons Gallery

L Battery, Royal Horse Artillery

L Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. How our gunners won the VC and silenced the fire of the German guns in face of overwhelming odds Retreat from Mons, 1st September 1914. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time, his wartime work was immensely popular and appeared in nearly every major news magazine, Allied, Neutral and Central Powers alike. Literally tens of millions of readers saw wartime events through the medium of Matania's weekly illustrations and, as such, he played an important role in defining people's mental image of what Great War battlefield scenes and soldiers looked like Date: 1914

© David Cohen Fine Art/Mary Evans Picture Library

Fourth Guards Brigade in Great War Deeds, WW1

The Fourth Guards Brigade, including the Coldstream Guards, fighting the Germans in the narrow streets of Landrecies during the retreat from Mons. Reproduction of a painting by R Caton Woodville in Great War Deeds, a special panorama supplement produced by the Illustrated London News in 1915, featuring heroic actions of the First World War. Date: 1914

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

A straight stem pipe, finely hand carved - WWI

A straight stem pipe, finely hand carved by and belonging to Driver P. S. Wilson, a lorry driver with the Army Service Corps. during the First World War. Signature on base of pipe - P. S. WILSON. The bowl has the badge of the Army Service Corps. dated 1914-15, together with the following place names - PARIS, ROUEN, AMIENS, ST. QUENTIN, SENLIS, SOISSON, COMPIEGNE, NERY, MARNE, MONS, YPRES, AINSE, CRECY, ST. OMER, MEAUX, NEUVE CHAPELLE, VLAMERTINGHE, PLOEGSTEERT, ERMONONVILLE, ARMENTIERES, GODWARSVELDE. Trench Art

© David Cohen Fine Art/Mary Evans Picture Library