Description: The is a listing for x3 prints:1) '36TH ULSTER PRINT 1ST JULY 1916 (LEWIS GUN & SASH ) Depicts the attack on the Schwaben Redoubt by the heroic 36th Ulster Division 2) Pte 'Billy' McFadzean VC & The Ulster TowerNo. 14/18278 Pte. William Frederick McFadzean, late R. Ir. Rif. For most conspicuous bravery. While in a concentration trench and opening a box of bombs for distribution prior to an attack, the box slipped down into the trench, which was crowded with men, and two of the safety pins fell out. Private McFadzean, instantly realising the danger to his comrades, with heroic courage threw himself on the top of the Bombs. The bombs exploded blowing him to pieces, but only one other man was injured. He well knew his danger, being himself a bomber, but without a moment's hesitation he gave his life for his comrades.— London Gazette, 8 September 1916 3) 'Waiting for the whistle' The Somme 7.30 am 1916An officer counts down the second before the whistles are blown and the attack goes in..... 1st July 1916 Hand signed in pencil by ME the Artist! All prints are limited editionFree dedication service! If you would like print dedicated to a WW1/WW2 ancestor the please send me the details when you purchase All prints are under A4 in size, ( some prints are available at the larger A3 size which cost £50 inc P'n'P ) Printed with high end longlife exhibition quality inks Postage WORLDWIDE includedThis is a £15 saving on the normal priceAbout me: Søren Hawkes MADirect from a Ypres based British artist whose Gt Grandfather was a 15 year old Lancashire Fusilier at the battle of The Somme in 1916, he was badly maimed at the battle of Passchendaele in Oct 1917, his eldest brother was killed in 20th February 1915 at 'The Bluff' Ypres.I grew up in South London and have been fascinated by ww1 since childhood, I moved to Ypres in Belgium in 2008 and also offer battlefield tours of the Western Front inc YPRES SALIENT, THE SOMME, ARRAS, MESSINES and many other sites...I have previously exhibited at The Royal Academy, London Why not commission me?WW1 & WW2 Ancestor Portraits drawings start £100 inc P'n'P. ~ I also take commissions on any military subject of your choice, be it a specific battle or unit from any time period.~ I work in Oils, acrylic, watercolour, charcoal, pen and ink, pretty much any medium!
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