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Recapture of Sanctuary Wood by the Black Watch, June 1916 by W.B. Wollen R.A.

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Recapture of Sanctuary Wood by the Black Watch, June 1916 by W.B. Wollen R.A.

The 42nd Battalion, Royal Highlanders of Canada, in action at Sanctuary Wood, 1916, by William Barnes Wollen (1857 - 1936).

The Canadian Expeditionary Force of volunteers for the First World War included numerous battalions formed as Scottish regiments. This particular battalion of Canada’s Black Watch suffered heavy casualties at Sanctuary Wood during the Battle of Mount Sorrel.

William Barnes Wollen (1857 - 1936) was a painter in oil and watercolour of military subjects, genre and portraits.


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Online ID: 000-000-100-235-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0207: The Thistle at War
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  M.1930.806
Date: 1916
Material: Paper
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What: Print
Subject: Prints
Who: 42nd Battalion Royal Highlanders of Canada (Non-British forces, inc. Imperial and Colonial)
Canadian Expeditionary Force (Non-British forces, inc. Imperial and Colonial)
W.B. Woollen (printmaker)
Where: Sanctuary Wood (depicted)
Event: World War I
Battle of Mount Sorrel
Description: 42nd Battalion Royal Highlanders of Canada - Carbon print of an oil painting by W.B. Wollen, R.A., showing the battalion in action at Sanctuary Wood during the Battle of Mount Sorrel, June1916.
References:
  • McCorry, Helen (ed.) The thistle at war: an anthology of the Scottish experience of war, in the services and at home. Edinburgh, NMS, 1997 
  • Wood, Stephen The Scottish soldier. Manchester: Archive Publications in association with the National Museums of Scotland, 1987 
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