Images Dated 2007 January

Three-legged Sicilian, Taormina

Wall plaque of the three-legged Sicilian, Savoca, north of Taormina, Sicily, Italy

© Mary Evans Picture Library/Lionel Coates

Historical, History

'With the field guns on the Western Front'

'With the field guns on the Western Front.' A visit to a British battery. '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: 1916

© David Cohen Fine Art/Mary Evans Picture Library

Death Plaque in the name of Ernest Emmerson

'Death Plaque in the name of Ernest Emmerson. There are two Ernest Emmersons listed on 'Soldiers Died.'They are : 1) 12/1247 Lance Corporal Ernest Emmerson, York and Lancaster Regiment, 12th (Service) (Sheffield) Battalion. Born Scoles, Rotherham. Enlisted Sheffield. KIA France and Flanders 1.7.16. AND2) 2129 Acting Corporal Ernest Emmerson, Norfolk Regiment, 1/5th Battalion (T.F.). Born Dersingham, Norfolk. Enlisted Dersingham. Died Gallipoli 28.8.15. E. Carter Preston'

© David Cohen Fine Art/Mary Evans Picture Library