Mons Gallery

'The famous 4 days retreat from Mons'

'The famous 4 days retreat from Mons.' How the wounded helped the wounded between Le Cateau and Landrecies. 'With the British Army on the Western Front' - published in 1916 for Tatler and Sphere. . 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: August 1914

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Royal Horse Artillery in Great War Deeds, WW1

Sergeant-Major Dorrell and Sergeant Nelson of the Royal Horse Artillery, remaining alone to work the last gun of L Battery during the retreat from Mons, for which they won the Victoria Cross and commissions. Reproduction of a painting by S Begg 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

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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