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Royal Engineer John Rickerby's French Trench Art
Also shells from Suez campaign
Here we have trench art created by my grandfather John Rickerby from 1915. The pieces are interesting in themselves as they are pictures of the French countryside carved into unexploded shells, with one of them also having bullet shells welded on to the bottom as legs. They also have “souvenir de la guerre” carved on them in calligraphy a feat impressive both for its learning and its artistry. My …
Contributors
- Eddie Dowse
Subject
- World War I
- Artillery
- World War I
- John Rickerby
Type of item
- Story
Date
- 1915
- 1915
- 1915
Contributors
- Eddie Dowse
Subject
- World War I
- Artillery
- World War I
- John Rickerby
Type of item
- Story
Date
- 1915
- 1915
- 1915
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2014-09-02 16:07:38 UTC
- 2014-09-02
- 2014-09-02
Temporal
- europeana19141918:timespan/380af6454106b00b07206621b39e7f3a
Places
- African Wars
- Western Front
Provenance
- INTERNET
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/17510
- 17510
Language
- eng
- English
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Year
- 1915
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:22:11.508Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z