Knotty Posted 9 October , 2017 Share Posted 9 October , 2017 Hi seaJane Sorry for the delay in getting back, it's not NZ in this instance,so that narrows the field somewhat. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 10 October , 2017 Share Posted 10 October , 2017 Ok, he worked for the AIF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 10 October , 2017 Share Posted 10 October , 2017 William Bostock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 10 October , 2017 Share Posted 10 October , 2017 No sir, it's not him, and there was no link to the RFC/RAAF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 10 October , 2017 Share Posted 10 October , 2017 Louis McCubbin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 10 October , 2017 Share Posted 10 October , 2017 (edited) Not him, but depictions of a similar nature based around Ypres and Bailleul as opposed to Somme and Picardie regions. As I hinted his UK work was lost when a specific building was bombed in 1940 Edited 10 October , 2017 by Knotty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 10 October , 2017 Share Posted 10 October , 2017 48 minutes ago, Knotty said: lost when a specific building was bombed in 1940 A warehouse in Arnside Street, Southwark, by any chance? Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 10 October , 2017 Share Posted 10 October , 2017 No sir not the Army Records Centre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 10 October , 2017 Share Posted 10 October , 2017 Sorry Ron that was a bit blunt of me so I will say that the building was in Gower Street Camden John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 10 October , 2017 Share Posted 10 October , 2017 Wallace Anderson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 10 October , 2017 Share Posted 10 October , 2017 No not him, my chap was born in he UK and worked for the AIF, but he based himself in Leicester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 10 October , 2017 Share Posted 10 October , 2017 Frederick Herrick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 11 October , 2017 Share Posted 11 October , 2017 Not him GUEST, in fact I cannot recall his name anywhere so made a note to find out his details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 11 October , 2017 Share Posted 11 October , 2017 On 11/10/2017 at 09:19, Knotty said: Not him GUEST, in fact I cannot recall his name anywhere so made a note to find out his details. It was a long-shot-he was an artist who did a lot of work between the wars for the London Underground- Thought your reference to "down under" might be a tongue-in-cheek misdirection- and, of course, a lot of the Underground was destroyed/damaged in WW2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 11 October , 2017 Share Posted 11 October , 2017 I confirmed in post #7367 that he was linked to the Australian contingent, no deliberate misdirection. Another clue the building destroyed was the YMCA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpjpl Posted 11 October , 2017 Share Posted 11 October , 2017 4 hours ago, Knotty said: I confirmed in post #7367 that he was linked to the Australian contingent, no deliberate misdirection. Another clue the building destroyed was the YMCA. Edgar Wright did a series of posters depicting the work of the YMCA. JP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 11 October , 2017 Share Posted 11 October , 2017 Sorry JP, not your chap and to be honest I have never come across him before. Another clue - his watercolour depiction of the Queen Mary YMCA dug-out was purchased by Queen Mary. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollerbeadle Posted 11 October , 2017 Share Posted 11 October , 2017 William Cecil Dunford ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 11 October , 2017 Share Posted 11 October , 2017 Me too- W. Cecil Dunford was born in 1900 and served in the first World War- his sketches of army life occasionally appear on the market. Later on he seems to have painted watercolour landscapes, some around this area including Whitby. Lived in Leicester. Alas, not helped by 2 things- 1) There are several paintings/drawings of YMCA dug-outs in France and 2) The Anzacs (Well, New Zealanders)had their own YMCA hut in London Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollerbeadle Posted 11 October , 2017 Share Posted 11 October , 2017 (edited) The William Cecil Dunford I have was born in Bromley in 1885 and was a schoolmaster in Leicester in 1911.... oddly enough there is a MIC for him stating that he was in the YMCA and gives a date of entry to France as 31-7-1916..... The Queen Mary Dugout Image is here Edited 11 October , 2017 by Rollerbeadle typo corrections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollerbeadle Posted 11 October , 2017 Share Posted 11 October , 2017 (edited) Oh.......and there is this.... it says the copyright has expired so I guess I can upload here.... Dunford is 3rd from Left - back row...... Image courtesy of The Australian War Memorial Research Centre. Edited 11 October , 2017 by Rollerbeadle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 11 October , 2017 Share Posted 11 October , 2017 Well done Rollerbeadle, you just pipped Guest, W Cecil Dunsford it is. Cecil Dunford was born in Bromley, Kent in 1885 and educated at Alleyn's School, Dulwich and Culham Diocesan Teacher Training College. He was attached to the Historical Records Department with the Australian Forces and the YMCA, and became a war artist based at Bailleul and Ypres. Many of his drawings are of men at rest, in canteens, on the roads, outside their tents, attending concerts, etc., and several of his works are in the Memorial War Museum, Canberra, Australia. A number were at the YMCA Headquarters in London, which was bombed in 1940, and all his works were destroyed. Many of his sketches from the Front were reproduced in Australian, New Zealand and American magazines. A watercolour of Queen Mary's YMCA dug-out was purchased by Queen Mary. He held several one-man exhibitions in Leicester and exhibited in the Cartwright Hall, Bradford. His series of pen and ink drawings of British Cathedrals was published weekly in the Church Times. Cecil Dunford was Senior Art Master at Wyggeston Boys' Grammar School in Leicester, from 1921 to 1950, and was also an Art Master at Harvey's Grammar School in Folkestone. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1939. He passed away in 1969. Sorry you think I mislead you GUEST, I did specify it was the Queen Mary dug out, not just any YMCA one and the building was quoted as YMCA, Gower Street where his UK works were housed. On 11/10/2017 at 18:35, Rollerbeadle said: stating that he was in the YMCA The picture I posted has him in uniform with a YMCA badge on his cap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 23 October , 2017 Share Posted 23 October , 2017 Any ideas on this chap??? And no, it's not W.S.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyH Posted 23 October , 2017 Share Posted 23 October , 2017 (edited) Bulldog Drummond! Mike. Edited 23 October , 2017 by MikeyH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverforget Posted 23 October , 2017 Share Posted 23 October , 2017 7 minutes ago, MikeyH said: Bulldog Drummond! Mike. No, it was his chauffeur. Actually you're closer than you probably realise.(At least with his name) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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