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The 2nd Ride of Lance Dafadar (later Jemadar) Gobind Singh VC (d 1942), 28th Light Cav att’d to 2nd Lancers (Gardner’s Hse) at Peizieres, 1 Dec 1917
oil on canvas, oil painting
Accession Number

NAM.1960-05-265-1

Description

The 2nd Ride of Lance Dafadar (later Jemadar) Gobind Singh VC (d 1942), 28th Light Cav att’d to 2nd Lancers (Gardner’s Hse) at Peizieres, 1 Dec 1917. Oil on canvas, signed lower right ‘T.F.Clarke. AFTER G.Soper’, by Thomas Flowerday Clarke (1877-1953) after an etching by George Soper (1870-1942), 1920 (c). Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). Peizieres not Pozieres. ‘London Gazette’: GS volunteered 3 times ‘to carry messages between the regt and brigade headquarters, a distance of 1 1/2 miles over open ground which was under the observation and heavy fire of the enemy. He succeeded each time in delivering the message, although on each occasion his horse was shot and he was compelled to finish his journey on foot.’

Events

Cambrai, Battle of, 1917 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)

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