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‘What would Lord Devonport Say’, 1917 Pencil drawing, unsigned, by Lieutenant Ernest Stafford Carlos (1883-1917), 8th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), May 1917. Two officers sit at a makeshift table eating hot food, with bottles of alcohol, whilst in the background to the right three others look on unimpressed. To the left an other rank brings more plates of hot food towards them and a cook can be seen at work. Associated with Chester Farm Cemetery, Ploegsteert (Plug Street) and Ieper, Belgium. Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918).

World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)