AFRICA KORPS/ .... advance/ ..., Tanks loose at El Egaela [sic], 1941/ 2RB sustain losses and return to/ Canal Zone for refitting etc./ (painted Aug ‘07), 1941
watercolour, watercolour
Accession Number
NAM.2007-11-25-1
Description
AFRICA KORPS/ .... advance/ ..., Tanks loose at El Egaela [sic], 1941/ 2RB sustain losses and return to/ Canal Zone for refitting etc./ (painted Aug ‘07), 1941. Watercolour, pen and ink by Eric ‘Jack’ Dawson, formerly in 2nd Bn The Rifle Brigade, 2007. Infantrymen in a jeep stop to see Lord Garmoyle and another rifleman manning a Bofors anti-aircraft gun. German tanks burning in the distance. Signed, ‘Eric Dawson’. Associated with World War Two, North Africa (1940-1943).
Events
El Agheila, Battle of, 1941 (World War Two, North Africa 1940-1945)