Military
prints of World war two by Military artist David Rowlands. including
Escaut canal, Battle of Beda Fomm, Normandy landings and
Operations Overlord, Goodwood and the raid at St Nazaire available direct from
the Military art prints Company, Cranston Fine arts
The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders by David Rowlands.
1st Battalion in action at Escaut Canal, Belgium, May 1940. The last Highland Regiment to wear a kilt in battle, attacking the Germans at the River Escaut. From the Diary of Captain R. Leah, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders : Tuesday 21st May : Bn left Ere about 2 a.m. to march back. Fortunately Coy Cmdr. were required for some sort of recce and we went in C.O.s car. Arrived Taintignies 3 a.m. and self went out again with Wilkie in C.O.s car to look for for C Coy which had gone astray, and to see Q.M. about Bn rations in Wez-Velvain. Could not find either. Met the Battalion arriving from Ere when I left the village at 3 a.m. Got back myself at 4 a.m. found empty house which I entered by window and slept well for 5 hours. Officers mess going in house beside M.T. park, and had good breakfast. Fairly quiet morning and orders to move this afternoon to Bn assembly position S of Wez-Velvain. Thence we were directed to Merlin and prepared for counter-attack to drive .........
Lance-Corporal Harry Nichols, 3rd battalion Grenadier Guards, winning the Victoria Cross at the River Escaut, 21st May 1940 by David Rowlands.
Item Code : DHM0603
Lance-Corporal Harry Nichols, 3rd battalion Grenadier Guards, winning the Victoria Cross at the River Escaut, 21st May 1940 by David Rowlands. - Editions Available
Operation Goodwood, Caen, Normandy, 18th-19th July, 1944 by David Rowlands.
The Allied breakthrough into the Normandy plain, against heavy German opposition. Filed marshall Montgomery claimed that Operation Goodwood had two major aims – the first being to break out from the beaches and the other to destroy the German armoured reserves and draw them away from the US forces that were preparing for Operation Cobra in the western sector. The plan for the breakout began with a massive aerial bombardment, using the strategic air forces large bombers to decimate the German defending forces then Lt-General Richard OConnors VIII Corps comprising three whole armoured divisions – 11th, 7th and Guards - and spearheaded by Major-General Pip Roberts 11th would then rush forward, overwhelm the defending Germans and causing the armoured forces to move forward and break out from the beach areas. To cover the flanks the Canadians would fight their way to Caen, while the British 3rd Infantry and 51st Highland Divisions would cover the left flank, and move further eastward.
Item Code : DHM0351
Operation Goodwood, Caen, Normandy, 18th-19th July, 1944 by David Rowlands. - Editions Available
The Raid on St Nazaire 28th March 1942 by David Rowlands.
In early 1942 Britains very survival was threatened by the success of German U-Boat raids on shipping in the Atlantic. their mighty battleship Tirpitz posed even a greater threat. Operation Chariot a sea -borne commando attack was launched on a huge Normandie dock in the heavily defended St Naziare harbour. Destruction of the dock would deprive the Germans of the only repair site on the Atlantic coast big enough for the 50,000 ton Tirpitz. Accompanied by 18 small craft of Coastal Forces. HMS Campbletown boldly steamed up three Loire estuary under intense German fire, and struck the caisson of the dry dock at 0134 hrs. The Commandos rapidly disembarked from the bows and set about destroying the dock installations, Of the 622 who set out from Falmouth 169 died, 200 became prisoners and only 242 returned home. Five Victoria Crosses, four DSOs, seventeen DSCs and eleven MCs were awarded in the daring and brilliantly successful raid.
Item Code : DHM1233
The Raid on St Nazaire 28th March 1942 by David Rowlands. - Editions Available
The Charge of the 1st Battalion Queens Own Cameron Highlanders by David Rowlands.
1st Battalion in action at Escaut Canal, Belgium, May 1940. The last Highland Regiment to wear a kilt in battle, attacking the Germans at the River Escaut. From the Diary of Captain R. Leah, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders : Tuesday 21st May : Bn left Ere about 2 a.m. to march back. Fortunately Coy Cmdr. were required for some sort of recce and we went in C.O.s car. Arrived Taintignies 3 a.m. and self went out again with Wilkie in C.O.s car to look for for C Coy which had gone astray, and to see Q.M. about Bn rations in Wez-Velvain. Could not find either. Met the Battalion arriving from Ere when I left the village at 3 a.m. Got back myself at 4 a.m. found empty house which I entered by window and slept well for 5 hours. Officers mess going in house beside M.T. park, and had good breakfast. Fairly quiet morning and orders to move this afternoon to Bn assembly position S of Wez-Velvain. Thence we were directed to Merlin and prepared for counter-attack to drive .........
9th (Irish) Field Battery firing on the Run-in-shoot to Queen Beach. They were the first rounds fired at the Normandy Coast, D-Day 6th June, 1944. Queen Beach, one of the 4 sectors of Sword Beach, where most of the landings of D-Day were carried out. The Queen Beach sector which extended for 1.5km between Lion-sur-Mer and the western edge of Ouistretham. The attack was thus concentrated on a narrow one-brigade front. For once the DD tanks and other armour came in exactly on time and ahead of the infantry. The 8th brigade, with the 1st Battalion of the South Lancashire Regiment on the right and the 2nd East Yorkshire on the left.
Item Code : DHM0350
Operation Overlord by David Rowlands. - Editions Available
The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders by David Rowlands
1st Battalion in action at Escaut Canal, Belgium, May 1940. The last
Highland Regiment to wear a kilt in battle, attacking the Germans at the
River Escaut.
The
Charge of the 1st Battalion Queens Own Cameron Highlanders by David
Rowlands Lance-Corporal Harry Nichols, 3rd battalion Grenadier
Guards, winning the Victoria Cross at the River Escaut, 21st May 1940 by
David Rowlands
Operation Overlord by
David Rowlands 9th (Irish) Field Battery firing on the
'Run-in-shoot' to Queen Beach. They were the first rounds fired at the
Normandy Coast, D-Day 6th June, 1944. Queen Beach, one of the 4 sectors of
Sword Beach, where most of the landings of D-Day were carried out. The
Queen Beach sector which extended for 1.5km between Lion-sur-Mer and the
western edge of Ouistretham. The attack was thus concentrated on a narrow
one-brigade front. For once the DD tanks and other armour came in exactly
on time and ahead of the infantry. The 8th brigade, with the 1st Battalion
of the South Lancashire Regiment on the right and the 2nd East Yorkshire
on the left.
Chindits landing at Broadway, Burma, 5th / 6th March 1944 by David
Rowlands
Lieut-Colonel W, Scott, the King's (Liverpool) Regiment leads his men
from the first glider, during operation broadway.
Operation Goodwood, Caen, Normandy, 18th-19th July, 1944
by David Rowlands
The Allied breakthrough into the Normandy plain, against heavy German
opposition.
Lieutenant George Cairns VC, at the Battle of Pagoda
Hill, Burma 13th March 1944 by David Rowlands
Lieut. George Cairns of the South Staffordshire Regiment at the Battle
of Pagoda Hill, Burma, 13th March 1944, along with the 3rd/6th Gurkha
Rifles.
The
Raid on St Nazaire 28th March 1942 by David Rowlands. In early 1942 Britain's
very survival was threatened by the success of German U-Boat raids on
shipping in the Atlantic. their mighty battleship Tirpitz posed even a
greater threat. Operation Chariot a sea -borne commando attack was
launched on a huge "Normandie dock in the heavily defended St
Naziare harbour. Destruction of the dock would deprive the Germans of
the only repair site on the Atlantic coast big enough for the 50,000 ton
Tirpitz. Accompanied by 18 small craft of Coastal Forces. HMS
Campbletown boldly steamed up three Loire estuary under intense German
fire, and struck the caisson of the dry dock at 0134 hrs. The Commandos
rapidly disembarked from the bows and set about destroying the dock
installations, Of the 622 who set out from Falmouth 169 died, 200 became
prisoners and only 242 returned home. Five Victoria Crosses, four DSO's,
seventeen DSC's and eleven MC';s were awarded in the daring and brilliantly
successful raid.
The 1st Battalion Duke of
Wellingtons Regiment at the
Battle of Sittang Bridge, Burma, February 1942 by David Rowlands
Anthony Gibbs was born in 1951 in Birmingham. He went to Bourneville School of Art for one year, but is mostly self-taught. His first one man show was in 1976 at the Colmore Galleries, with further one man exhibitions at this venue following, in 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1988 and 1991. Anthony Gibbs had a one man exhibition Nature In Art at Wallsworth Hall, Gloucestershire in 2000. His first limited edition print released February 1988 - White Tigers Ever Watchful – was an edition of 1550, the largest edition of a limited print by Solomon and Whitehead at the time, and the largest order from the from the USA (650) they have ever had. He went to Kenya for the first time in February 1989, and is a member of the Society of Animal Artists in New York, The Woodland Trust. He won the Peoples Choice Award on a national tour exhibition of the USA in 1992 and 1993, with the Society of Animal Artists. Anthony Gibbs was awarded the Award of Excellence Medal from the Society in 1997 and 2001. He has exhibited at numerous venues across the USA with the Society of Animal Artists and also across Britain – exhibitions including the Mall Galleries, Nature In Art, Wildfowl And Wetlands Trust, London. He has sold work through both Christies and Sotherbys. Anthony Gibbs went to the Yellowstone National Park and Tetons National Park to study the wildlife and habitat in the U.S.A. in 2003.
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