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World War One Military Art Print List
Cranston Military Prints  By Subject Military Art World War One  World War One Print List |
| Our complete list of military art of the First World War. Military prints, paintings and drawings of First World War military battles, tanks and soldiers, including Ypres, the Somme, Passchendaele and Cambrai. |
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French Artillery Crossing the River Aisne, September 1914 by John Charlton. (PC) Another incident in the retreat of the Germans from the Marne. They were pursued by the French and British to the River Aisne. Although the bridges had been destroyed, pontoon bridges were hastily constructed, and the French artillery is here seen crossing in face of the enemy's fire from the other flank. |
Sgt. Robert Bye VC, 1st Battalion Welsh Guards near Langemarck by David Rowlands. 3rd Battle of Ypres, 31st July 1917 |
Original Pencil Sketch for Assault on Courcellette, The Somme, 15th September 1916 by David Pentland. (P) The village of Courcellette dominated the Somme battlefield, and it was the Canadian Corps who were given the task of taking the strongpoint. They were however aided by a new weapon, six tanks of No.1 Section, C Company, Heavy Tank Battalion. The Mark Is were commanded by Captain A. M. Inglis in C5 Creme de Menthe and supported the 31st (Alberta) Battalion in the successful assault in and around the villages Sugar Factory. |
Breaking the Hindenburg Line by J P Beadle. The Hindenburg Line known also as the Siegfried Line was a vast system of German defences in northeastern France between Lens and past Verdun. Built over the winter of 1916 and 1917, the high command in Germany believed the Hindenburg line was was impregnable. But in 1917 during the Battle of Cambrai it was temporarily broken by the British and Newfoundland troops. Included in these forces were tank units, and the line was successfully breached a number of times during the hundred day offensive by the Allied forces in September 1918. Shown in this painting are the wounded being taken back behind lines by medical personnel as the reinforcements and supplies move forward. |
The Suffolks at Neuve Chapel by Frank Dadd. Soldiers of the Suffolk Regiments are seen in their trenches during the attacks at Neuve Chappell during the first world war. |
2nd Australian Brigade fighting in Gully Ravine by Jason Askew. The 2nd Australian Brigade were brought up to reinforce the British attempt to force the Turkish positions at Achi-baba. This action developed into the second Battle of Krithia. |
Battle of the Somme, the Attack of the Ulster Division by J P Beadle. A classic art print of the Ulster Division advancing into the German trenches during the Battle of the Somme. The officer shown leading the unit is Lt Francis Bodenham Thornley. During the Battle of the Somme he was wounded while serving with B company Royal Irish Rifles and while recuperating he was given the job to advise J P Beadle on the painting. In the painting the troops are shown with the SMLE Rifle which is fitted with the No. 1 Mk 1 pattern Sword bayonet. Also shown in the painting is a soldier carrying a Battalion marker, which is used to show the Battalions progress. The troops shown are of the 5th battalion Royal Irish Rifles (North Belfast Volunteers) a supporting unit to the 108th Infantry Brigade. |
The Machine Guns - Battle of Amiens, France, 8th August 1918 by David Pentland. A German machine gun team defend against the British 3rd Corps attack on the high ground north of the Somme. This was to be the start of the final Allied offensive of the war. |
Lieut. Dimmer Repairing a Machine-Gun While Exposed to the Fire of the Advancing Prussian Guard by Allan Stewart (P) As the Prussian Guard advanced in massed formation from the cover of a wood at Klein Zillebeke on 12th November 1914, the British machine-guns mowed them down with a storm of bullets. But the gun which Lieutenant John Henry Stephen Dimmer, of 2nd Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps, was working, suddenly jammed. With great bravery he climbed onto the emplacement to put it in order, and while doing so a rifle bullet struck him in the jaw. He continued, however, to work the gun until it jammed once more, and while putting it in order he was hit in the shoulder. After again getting the gun to work, his injured shoulder was struck by three shrapnel-bullets, but he most gallantly continued working it until it was destroyed by shell-fire. His magnificent courage and tenacity were rewarded with the VC. |
Bayonet Charge of the London Scottish at Messines, Halloween 1914 by Allan Stewart (PC) At the Battle of Messines during October 1914, the London Scottish a part of the British Expeditionary Force, participated in the defence of the Ypres Salient. The London Scottish were positioned in key defensive locations to hold the line against the advancing enemy. Despite suffering heavy casualties, they displayed ferocious resistance at one point conducting a bayonet charge counter-attack against an overwhelming German advance. |
Unexpected encounter at Niergnies, France, 8th October 1918 by David Pentland. Towards the end of the second battle of Cambrai, British Mark IV tanks of 12th Battalion confronted German captured Mark IVs. The ensuing battle was chaotic, emerging from smoke the Germans were initially mistaken as part of C Company, but at 50 meters both sides recovered from their surprise and opened fire simultaneously. The lead British tank L16 commanded by Captain Rowe was immediately knocked out, who escaped with his men to L19 just in time to see it destroyed, along with L12. The remaining tank L8 had broken down some distance back taking no part in the battle, although its commander Lieutenant Martel managed to use a captured 77mm artillery piece to finally halt the German tank. |
Last Stand of the 5th (Gibraltar) Battery by Terence Cuneo. 26-27th May 1918, 5th Batterys gun position was overrun by German Infantry, the Battery Commander and two subalterns rallied the surviving men and with Lewis gun and rifles attempted to beat off the attack. Only four gunners survived. |
Second Lieutenant Throssell Holding Part of a Captured Turkish Trench Against the Enemy's Counter-Attacks by Allan Stewart. (P) During the attack on August 29th 1915, made by the 10th Australian Light Horse on a section of a Turkish trench on Hill 60, Gallipoli Peninsula, which the enemy had previously recaptured, Second Lieutenant Throssell was severely wounded in several places, but with the greatest gallantry refused to leave the trench for medical assistance until the danger was passed. After driving the enemy headlong down the trench, he stood by his men with a rifle while they built up a sandbag barricade, and shot every Turk who attempted to advance. Twice afterwards when he and his men were forced to give ground, he held the enemy at bay while the barricades were being raised. For his most conspicuous gallantry Second Lieutenant (who became Lieutenant) Throssell was awarded the VC. |
Here They Come by William Barnes Wollen. Coldstream Guards, France 1914. |
Gallipoli - Courtneys Trench by Jason Askew. Australian VC winner-Private Albert Jacka, 14th battalion. He killed nine Turks who had bombed and infiltrated an Australian trench at Courtneys post during the great Turkish assault on 19th May. |
Nachtlicher Sturmangriff auf englische Schutzengraben an der Afer am 26 Oktober 1914 bei Langemarck. No text for this item |
Die bayerische Wanenbrigade attackiert bei Lagarde franzosische Artillerie (II August 1914) No text for this item |
Assault on Courcellette, The Somme, 15th September 1916 by David Pentland. The village of Courcellette dominated the Somme battlefield, and it was the Canadian Corps who were given the task of taking the strongpoint. They were however aided by a new weapon, six tanks of No.1 Section, C Company, Heavy Tank Battalion. The Mark Is were commanded by Captain A. M. Inglis in C5 Creme de Menthe and supported the 31st (Alberta) Battalion in the successful assault in and around the villages Sugar Factory. |
Holding the Railway - Infantry on Manoeuvres by William Barnes Wollen British soldiers conducting training somewhere in the British countryside, seen with their iconic Mk.1 Brodie Helmets and Lee Enfield rifles. |
Naik Darwan Singh Negi, The First Indian Soldier to Win The VC by Allan Stewart (P) Naik Darwan Singh Negi, of the 1st Battalion 39th Garhwal Rifles, won the VC on the night of the 23rd-24th November 1914. The enemys line of trenches had to be taken at all costs, and a gallant little party of two officers and some Afridis, well supplied with bombs, cleared the way for the attacking company. Then Naik Darwan Singh Negi went ahead of his section, leading a bayonet charge from traverse to traverse. Three times he was wounded by bombs that were thrown at him, but he worked down the whole length of some 300 yards of trench with the result that it was captured, a great many Germans killed, and 105 taken prisoner, while two machine guns, a trench mortar and many rifles and other equipment were captured. Naik Darwan Singh Negi was the first Indian soldier to be awarded the VC. He was awarded his VC on the same day as another Indian soldier, and in fact the other soldier was awarded his for an earlier action and is now considered the first Indian VC recipient. |
Remember that you are Scottish! Aubers Ridge, 9th May 1915 by Jason Askew. Aubers / Neuve Chapelle -1500- The 1st battalion, Black Watch, brought in to relieve the shattered 2nd Brigade, go over the top and advanced at the double across no -mans land. Suffering heavy casualties from the incessant German machine gun fire, elements of the regiment plunged into the German trenches just as the bombardment lifted. A desperate battle then took place for the German position, the outnumbered Highlanders fighting tenaciously; elements of the regiment even reached the German second line. In spite of their superhuman bravery, and being reinforced by two companies of the Camerons, sheer German numbers proved to be overwhelming for the Black Watch; every single highlander being killed or wounded in defending this hard won position. |
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