Drawing board, owned by H C D Jarrett, 19th Punjabis, 1915

In the form of a mahogany square with boxwood pieces at the top and bottom; on either side, held in the cross pieces, are wooden rollers used to hold a continuous band of paper; leather strips on each side of the square held the paper close to the surface of the board; a free swinging arm clinometer is fixed to the back and impressed with the maker’s name, Elliott Bros London; the top of the board has a slot for attaching a compass and there is also a mount for a tripod.
Associated with World War One (1914-1918).