[Memorial cross to those who fell at Villers-Bretonneux]; verso: [Mending wire]

Not titled [sketchbook containing 27 pages of drawings made in Glisy on the Western Front]

Places	Europe: France Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Amiens Harbonnieres Area, Villers-Bretonneux Area Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Amiens Harbonnieres Area, Villers-Bretonneux Area, Villers-Bretonneux
Accession Number	ART19796.002
Collection type	Art
Measurement	Sheet: 25.2 x 36.8 cm; Overall - Open: 25.9 cm x 73.5 cm
Object type	Work on paper
Physical description	pencil on paper
Maker	Longstaff, Will
Date made	1918
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A sketch of a memorial cross erected 'In memory of the officers, NCOs & Men who fell in action hereabouts in a night-attack resulting in the recapture of Villers Bretonneux 24th & 25th April 1918 RIP'. On the verso three small sketches of men mending communication wires. From the artist's sketchbook covering the campaign on the Western Front during July - November 1918.