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Lot 182
BOTTERELL HENRY: (1896-2003) Canadian Fighter Pilot of World War I with the Royal Naval Air Service and later the Royal Air Force, who, at the time of his death (aged 106) is believed to have been the last surviving pilot in the world to have seen action in the Great War. A colour 28 x 19 Limited Edition print entitled Balloon Buster by artist Robert Taylor, the image depicting Botterell flying an RFC Sopwith Camel having just destroyed a German observation balloon, his sole air victory of the war, near Arras on 29th August 1918. Signed in bold pencil to the lower border by Henry Botterell, and also by artist Robert Taylor.Limited Edition numbered 70/600. Attractively matted in black, grey and light grey to incorporate the embroidered wings of the Royal Flying Corps beneath the signatures and framed and glazed in a wooden frame to an overall size of 37 x 28. EX
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KITCHENER HERBERT: (1850-1916) British Field Marshal who served as Secretary of State for War 1914-16 and in this capacity organised the largest volunteer army seen in Great Britain (largely aided by the iconic recruitment poster featuring Kitchener's portrait, which remains one of the most enduring images of World War I). An exceptional, handsome vintage signed 11 x 8 photograph by Kitchener and five members of his military staff, all of whom served in both the Second Boer War and World War I, comprising William Birdwood (1865-1951, British Field Marshal, Commander of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during the Gallipoli Campaign, 1915. Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army on the Western Front at the end of World War I), Francis Maxwell VC (1871-1917, British Brigadier General, Victoria Cross winner for his actions at Sanna's Post, South Africa, on 31st March 1900 during the Second Boer War. Maxwell commanded several regiments during World War I and was regarded as one of the finest combat commanders serving on the Western Front before being killed in action when he was shot by a German sniper during the Battle of the Menin Road Bridge on 21st September 1917), Raymond Marker (1867-1914, British Lieutenant Colonel who served in the Second Boer War, receiving the DSO in 1901 for the capture of De Wet's gun and pom-pom in Cape Colony. Marker accompanied the 1st Army Corps of the British Expeditionary Force to France during World War I and was tragically hit by a shell at Ypres on 4th November 1914, dying from his wounds later that month), Victor Brooke (1873-1914, British Major who served in the Second Boer War and joined the British Expeditionary Force in France at the outbreak of World War I, dying from wounds received in action during the retreat from Mons, 29th August 1914) and Hubert Hamilton (1861-1914, British Major General who served in the Second Boer War, returning to England in June 1902 carrying the peace despatches, along with Marker, from Kitchener which they presented to King Edward VII at Windsor Castle. In World War I he served under General Horace Smith-Dorrien with the British Expeditionary Force and was General Officer Commanding the 3rd Division when he was killed in action as a result of a large shrapnel shell detonating close to him on the front lines at the village of La Couture on 14th October 1914.). The image depicts Kitchener seated in a full length pose, in uniform, with Birdwood and Hamilton seated at his side and Maxwell, Marker and Brooke all standing in full length poses immediately behind. Each of Kitchener's staff wear their uniforms, Maxwell's incorporating a turban as a member of the Indian Staff Corps. All have signed the image in dark fountain pen inks with their names alone to clear areas. A wonderful, handsome image and a rare grouping of signatures to find on one photograph. Neatly mounted and with a few very minor scuffs to the image, none of which affect the signatures. About VG In 1902 Kitchener was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Army in India and given the task of reorganising the army there. Work began immediately and in the following year the Kitchener Reforms were implemented despite conflicts with Lord Curzon of Kedleston, the Viceroy of India. Their disputes were occasionally petty, and the Viceroy had, at one time, advised the General that signing his name 'Kitchener of Khartoum' took up too much time and space. Kitchener presided over the Rawalpindi Parade in 1905 to honour the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India and his term as Commander-in-Chief was extended by two years in 1907. With aspirations of becoming Viceroy of India, Kitchener was promoted to Field Marshal in 1909 and pushed hard for the post he desired, even returning to London to lobby the dying King Edward VII. The Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, was sympathetic towards Kitchener but followed the advice of John Morley, Secretary of State for India, and turned Kitchener down for the post of Viceroy in 1911. William Birdwood had served on the staff of Lord Kitchener in the Second Boer War as Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General. He accompanied Kitchener to India in November 1902, first serving as his assistant military secretary and interpreter and, by 1905, his military secretary. Birdwood was the only officer seen on the present photograph to survive World War I. Francis Maxwell, Raymond Marker and Victor Brooke all served as Aide-de-Camps to Kitchener from 1902 in India having also held the same posts at various times during the Second Boer War. Brooke later became Kitchener's assistant military secretary from 1905-07. Hubert Hamilton served on Kitchener's staff as his military secretary in India from 1902-06 and had previously been his Aide-de-Camp and military secretary from 1900 whilst in South Africa. The National Portrait Gallery in London hold a bromide print of this exact photograph, although without the signatures of the subjects, which they identify as having been taken in Delhi, India in 1903.
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