British
Army during World War two shown in historical military art prints in North
Africa, Italy, Normandy Landings and Burma, including infantry regiments,
armoured regiments of the Royal Tank Regiment and the Royal Artillery by leading
military artists Terence Cuneo and David Pentland
Anzio, Italy, February 1944 by David Pentland
Replacements from 1st Battalion Irish Guards and Sherman tanks of the
46th Royal Tank Regiment move through the debris of Anzio town towards
their jump-off positions for the Battle of Campoleone Station.
Road to Mandalay, Burma, February 1945 by David Pentland
M3 Lee tanks and troops from General Slim's 14th Army clear Japanese
resistance form the village of Ywathitgyi in their drive to Mandalay.
The Battle of Medenine, 6th march 1943, by Terence Cuneo
The anti Tank guns of the Left Flank Company 2nd battalion
Scots Guards, during the battle of Medenine, The scene depicts the moment when
Lt F A L Waldrons Platoon knocked out three German tanks as they came over the
crest of the ridge.
S Company Scots Guards in the battle of Monte Piccolo,
Italy 28th May 1944. by Terence Cuneo S Company Scots Guards along with 3 Company Coldstream Guards,
after heavy fighting, captures the hill from the German 1st Parachute regiment.
Captain
The Lord Lyall VC by Terence Cuneo The action depicts at Djebel Bou
Aoukaz, Tunisia, 27th April 1943. Depicting
Lyall charging the
German 88mm gun position single handed (one other supporting
Guardsman had been shot and killed) With pistol in one hand and dirk in the
other, Lyall leaped forward firing and slashing, Five men fell at his feet,
before he was overpowered and hacked to death. The scene was witnessed by
a wounded Guardsman on the ridge.
Scots Guards Fighting Through the Bocage by Terence Cuneo
Action of the right flank, 3rd Battalion Scots Guards during the
advance from Caumont to Les Loges, Normandy, 30th July 1944. Commanding
the Churchill tank, Lochinvar is Lt Robert Runcie later to become
Archbishop of Canterbury.
