Tindall
A cottage on the North side of the River Lys, directly behind Fleurbaix, which in 1918 we turned into a shellproof machine-gun implacement to resist the then approaching German offensive. Annotated on back of picture - near Steenwerk, March/18.
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Artist:Major JOHN EMPSON TINDALL, MC, b.1885. John Empson Tindall joined the Royal Engineers as a Lieutenant and rose to the rank of Captain in the 1st Home Counties Field Company, Royal Engineers (later the 490th Field Company, Royal Engineers), 8th Division, BEF and then became Major commanding the 505th (Wessex) Field Company, 57th Division, BEF.
Ref: 2214
Medium: Watercolour
Size: 6.75in x 10in
Framed: No
Status: Unsigned, dated March '18
Provenance:
Price: £62.50 -
SOLD
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