Soren Posted 5 October , 2006 Share Posted 5 October , 2006 Hi Pals, Just thought I'd share this with you, Ghosts of the C.E.F from the whole war period assembles at the Brooding soldier memorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie Posted 5 October , 2006 Share Posted 5 October , 2006 I like this one, Soren. Sombre sky, but some characters sitting on the wall. Cheers Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSoldier Posted 9 October , 2006 Share Posted 9 October , 2006 Good sketch Soren, I too liked the inclusion of the lads sitting on the wall. Terry. W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plan Posted 9 October , 2006 Share Posted 9 October , 2006 Hi Soren It touches me, very, very much. Like a "kick in the guts", yet it has a tinge of humour, the concept of gosts, milling around the monument in their honour, sitting on it... Wonderful. And I am sure the other CEFSG fellows will be equaly appreciative. Thanks Pascal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen D Posted 9 October , 2006 Share Posted 9 October , 2006 I thought they were sat on a Mark V Male Tank not a wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Posted 9 October , 2006 Author Share Posted 9 October , 2006 It's my poor drawing, I intended for them to be sat on top of the tank...... thanks for the feedback!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted 9 October , 2006 Share Posted 9 October , 2006 Dear Soren, For years my wife has particularly felt for the Brooding Soldier. I saw your sketch, printed off a copy, and showed it to her. I hope you don't mind, but she has grabbed it, framed it, and it is now on the dining room wall! Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Posted 9 October , 2006 Author Share Posted 9 October , 2006 Dear Soren, For years my wife has particularly felt for the Brooding Soldier. I saw your sketch, printed off a copy, and showed it to her. I hope you don't mind, but she has grabbed it, framed it, and it is now on the dining room wall! Bruce Well, I doth my cap to the good Mrs Bruce and congratulate her on the excellent taste she obviously has!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunboat Posted 9 October , 2006 Share Posted 9 October , 2006 Although I like the detail on the Ghost Soldiers. The monument is a delightful sketch on its own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Posted 10 October , 2006 Author Share Posted 10 October , 2006 sAME SORT OF THEME, ROLL CALL FOR THE DEAD, MENIN GATE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSoldier Posted 12 October , 2006 Share Posted 12 October , 2006 Soren. Another excellent sketch. Funny as it may seem on the many nights I have stood at the Menin Gate I have always had the feeling that the 'Lads' were there looking on. Where do you get your inspiration from? Terry W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borden Battery Posted 12 October , 2006 Share Posted 12 October , 2006 The “Brooding Soldier” by Frederick Chapman Clemesha St. Julien Memorial Visible for several miles from its site beside the main road from Ypres to Bruges, the impressive Canadian Memorial at St. Julien stands like a sentinel over those who died during the heroic stand of Canadians during the first gas attacks of the First World War. It is one of the most striking of all the battlefield memorials on the Western Front. Rising almost 11 metres from a stone-flagged court, "The Brooding Soldier" surmounts a single shaft of granite - the bowed head and shoulders of a Canadian soldier with folded hands resting on arms reversed. The expression on the face beneath the steel helmet is resolute yet sympathetic, as though its owner meditates on the battle in which his comrades displayed such great valour. The statue is set in the middle of a garden surrounded by tall cedars, which are kept trimmed to perfect cones to match and complement the towering granite shaft. The designer of the monument was a Regina architect, Frederick Chapman Clemesha, who was wounded while serving with the Canadian Corps during the war. The stone for the shaft was cut in quarries of the Vosges and the surmounting bust was carved in Brussels. The St. Julien Memorial was unveiled on July 8, 1923, by HRH the Duke of Connaught. Among the many veterans who were present was the former Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Armies, Marshal Ferdinand Foch. Speaking in tribute to those whom the Memorial honoured, Marshal Foch said: "The Canadians paid heavily for their sacrifice and the corner of earth on which this Memorial of gratitude and piety rises has been bathed in their blood. They wrote here the first page in that Book of Glory which is the history of their participation in the war." The inscription on the Memorial recalls the Canadian participation in the Second Battle of Ypres: THIS COLUMN MARKS THE BATTLEFIELD WHERE 18,000 CANADIANS ON THE BRITISH LEFT WITHSTOOD THE FIRST GERMAN GAS ATTACKS THE 22ND-24TH OF APRIL 1915. 2,000 FELL AND HERE LIE BURIED Frederick Chapman Clemesha Attestation Papers of Lt. Clemensha, Camp Hughes, 1915, 46 th Battalion CEF http://data2.archives.ca/cef/ren2/025046a.gif http://data2.archives.ca/cef/ren2/025046b.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Posted 19 October , 2006 Author Share Posted 19 October , 2006 There is a soldier I sneaked in that no one has noticed....... can anyone see him? he should'nt really be there!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted 19 October , 2006 Share Posted 19 October , 2006 There is a soldier I sneaked in that no one has noticed....... can anyone see him? he should'nt really be there!!!!! Soren Is there a bloke in a solar helmet and shorts about third from the right? Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gporta Posted 19 October , 2006 Share Posted 19 October , 2006 Great sketches, Soren. One feels they must have meetings every then and now and swap old stories, those who fell there and those who died later, and have come back for a visit. Except for a few of them still in this world, one feels now they are all meeting at the old places as you picture them. Gloria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soren Posted 19 October , 2006 Author Share Posted 19 October , 2006 Soren Is there a bloke in a solar helmet and shorts about third from the right? Gareth well done, a Lewis gunner from Gallipoli, meant to be a Lancashire Fusilier, who has come to see his brother who is syood to his right.... Thanks Gloria by the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunboat Posted 20 October , 2006 Share Posted 20 October , 2006 I like the guy with his hands in his pocket. Excellent as usual! I am astonished at both your innovation and your prodigious output. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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