Elsie Knocker; Baron Harold de T'Serclaes; Mairi Chisholm
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Elsie Knocker; Baron Harold de T'Serclaes; Mairi Chisholm
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, circa 1916
6 1/4 in. x 8 3/4 in. (159 mm x 222 mm) image size
Given by Terence Pepper, 2014
Photographs Collection
NPG x137849
Sittersback to top
- Mairi Chisholm (1896-1981), Motorcycle ambulance driver, nurse and photographer. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
- Elsie Knocker (Elizabeth (née Shapter, later Knocker), Baroness de T'Serclaes) (1884-1978), Nurse and war photographer; wife of Baron Harold de T'Serclaes. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Baron Harold de T'Serclaes (active 1910s-40s), Belgian pilot. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
Artistback to top
- Unknown photographer, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 6582 portraits.
Subjects & Themesback to top
Events of 1916back to top
Current affairs
As war drags on with heavy losses conscription is introduced with the Military Service Act. Conscientious objectors who refused to fight were compelled to do non-military war work, and some were jailed.British Summer Time is introduced, putting the clocks forward an hour during the summer in order to capitalise on daylight hours.
Art and science
C. Hubert H. Parry sets William Blake's poem, Jerusalem, to music popularising the poem and tune as a patriotic English anthem. On hearing Edward Elgar's orchestrated version in 1922, King George V suggested that it replace God Save the King as the National Anthem.International
The Irish Citizen Army starts a Nationalist rebellion in Dublin: The Easter Rising.Massive losses are suffered on the Western Front at the battles of the Somme and Verdun.
The Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire (1916-18) led by Prince Faisal is assisted by T.E. Lawrence, who became known as Lawrence of Arabia.
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