NAM.2006-05-66-6

Plan of Hesdin, scale 1:2500, showing dispositions of British units, signed, ‘Ernest Blaikley, Artists’ Scouts, May 1916’. From a collection of six maps and diagrams created by Sgt Ernest Blaikley, 1885-1965, 28th Bn London Regiment (Artist’s Rifles). Blaikley worked as an artist, selling work to ‘Scout’ and ‘Punch’ amongst others; Blaikley also taught map reading and the use of the compass during World War One (1914-1918).

World War One (1914-1918)