Gunner 87 Posted 29 November , 2020 Share Posted 29 November , 2020 (edited) This memorial card I collected some years back is of 'The Great Sacrifice', also known as 'Duty', painted for the Christmas number of 'The Graphic' by James Clark in 1914. The original was given to the War Relief Exhibition in aid of the Red Cross at the Royal Academy in 1915 and bought by King George V. The Queen then gave it to Princess Beatrice, youngest child of Queen Victoria, who donated it to St Mildred's Church, Wippingham, on the Isle of Wight, in remembrance of her son, Prince Maurice of Battenburg, killed at Ypres. The painting now hangs in the Battenburg Chapel. Copies such as these were found in churches, hospitals and other public buildings. A stained glass window of the image also hangs in St Mary Magdalene in Enfield, North London. Edited 29 November , 2020 by Gunner 87 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MURAT Posted 2 December , 2020 Share Posted 2 December , 2020 Hello, a frame found in France in memory of the two brothers, Henry Edward and Philip James Basset killed in action at Gommecourt, July 1st 1916. Gerald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner 87 Posted 2 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 2 December , 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, MURAT said: Hello, a frame found in France in memory of the two brothers, Henry Edward and Philip James Basset killed in action at Gommecourt, July 1st 1916. Gerald thank you Gerald. I've only ever seen one other and that was on ebay recently... where did you find them? Edited 2 December , 2020 by Gunner 87 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MURAT Posted 2 December , 2020 Share Posted 2 December , 2020 A friend found them but i don't know where exactly. In fact he found two frames ,this one ,in english and another one, in french with two others religious french cards .The Bassett 's sister was married with a french man and lived in Paris if I remember. Regards Gérald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner 87 Posted 2 December , 2020 Author Share Posted 2 December , 2020 33 minutes ago, MURAT said: A friend found them but i don't know where exactly. In fact he found two frames ,this one ,in english and another one, in french with two others religious french cards .The Bassett 's sister was married with a french man and lived in Paris if I remember. Regards Gérald Thanks Gerald, that's interesting. I shall keep mine safe as they appear quite rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footsore Private Posted 20 December , 2021 Share Posted 20 December , 2021 Hello Murat, Thank you very much for posting. I am interested in the Bassett brothers. Would it be possible for you to contact your friend and obtain any additional information about the frames? Where he found them? Any further anecdotes about their discovery would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MURAT Posted 20 December , 2021 Share Posted 20 December , 2021 Hello, I don't know where the frames were found and I no longer have contact with the seller. But I think he must have found them either in the Somme or in the Pas de Calais. There are actually two frames, one with cards written in English and a second with cards written with the same text in French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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