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The Great War: Army
The Great War was the first modern war, with the use of machinery, tanks and trench warfare; troops dug in along the battle lines as ground was lost and gained. Some of the wars greatest losses came from these land battles, which would include The Battle of Mons, The Somme and Passchendaele. Inspired by Lord Kitchener's recruitment campaigns, and the 1916 conscription act, the British army went from a peace time volunteer force of 400,000 to approximately 4 million men serving during the Great War.
Painter; pioneer of camouflage techniques
Sitter in 10 portraits | Artist associated with 12 portraits
Sir Edward Louis Spears, 1st Bt
1886-1974Major-General, liaison officer and politician; MP for Loughborough and Carlisle
Sitter associated with 12 portraits
Undergraduate at the University of Oxford; older brother of Stanley Spencer
Sitter in 2 portraits
John James Hamilton Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair
1879-1961Politician and soldier
Sitter in 4 portraits
Lieutenant-Colonel and politician; Governor of Madras and acting viceroy of India; son of 16th Earl of Derby
Sitter in 5 portraits
Oliver Frederick George Stanley
1896-1950Politician; President of the Board of Trade, Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State for the Colonies
Sitter in 13 portraits
Rowland George Winn, 3rd Baron St Oswald
1893-1957Captain; son of 2nd Baron St Oswald
Sitter in 2 portraits
Christopher Birdwood Thomson, Baron Thomson
1875-1930Captain and Secretary of State for Air
Sitter in 9 portraits
Sir Richard Ernest William Turner
1871-1961Lieutenant-General; recipient of the Victoria Cross
Sitter in 1 portrait