
‘November 15th 1917. M. le Garde Champitre’
pencil, drawing
Accession Number
NAM.2006-05-18-1
Description
‘November 15th 1917. M. le Garde Champitre’. Pencil drawing by Sgt Ernest Blaikley, 28th Bn, London Regiment (Artists’ Rifles), 1917. Full length portrait of a seated man with one arm resting on a chair, he is wearing a uniform. The back reads, ‘M. Houbart, the Garde Champitre at Linghem, husband of/ the woman who ran our Sgts’ Mess’. Associated with the First Army School of Scouting, Observation and Sniping, Linghem, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918).
Campaigns
World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)
Inscriptions
Inscribed on reverse: ‘M. Houbart, the Garde Champitre at Linghem, husband of/ the woman who ran our Sgts’ Mess’ ‘November 15th 1917./ M. le Garde Champitre’
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