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| Accession Number | ART13384.003 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | sheet: 41.8 x 54.2; image: 40 x 52.4 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | pen and black ink on paper |
| Maker |
Dunford, William Cecil |
| Date made | 7 June 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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The Christ's College Cambridge dugout on Wytschaete Ridge, Flanders, June 1917
Description
Soldiers resting, eating and drinking at the YMCA dugout known as the Christ's College Cambridge dugout. It was sited in a dangerous position on Wytschaete Ridge on the Western Front in Flanders, in June 1917. The label on the verso reads: 'YMCA dugout on Wytschaete Ridge. This is the first Y.M. on the famous Ridge, and was the one visited by King George just after the taking of the Ridge. Always in a dangerous position, it was finally destroyed by a direct hit from a large shell. The Y.M. were then directed to seek a safer position and a new dug-out was made lower on the B. side of the slope. The new one has been occupied in turn by Australians as well as British.'