Sketch of an unhappy British sailor covered in grime, titled “S.O.S. Short of Soap”. Snowdon explains that he drew this during the “soap famine”

Sketchbook of John (Jack) Snowdon, 2/6th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Regimental number: 242035) who joined the regiment in March of 1916, aged 21 years and 6 months. Sketchbook dates from Snowdon’s incarceration at Dulmen after being taken prisoner at Bullecourt 3 May 1917. He was incarcerated for 18 months.
Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918). 

Prior to the war, Snowdon was a Joiner and Carver for Geo. Orton and Sons (Burton-on-Trent) and was offered immediate reemployment on his return to civilian life in January 1919. He was awarded both the British War Medal and Victory Medal in 1922.