I've just sent these to soren as he wants to do a sketch of a 13pdr in action , but these are from a picture done in 1993 by a lady called Dawn Waring and show E bty RHA firirng the first British artillery round of WW1 on the Western Front at approx 9.30 am on Sat 22 Aug 1914on the outskirts of a village called Bray near Peronne, just east of Mons. The Battery Commander Major A B Forman RHA is the central figure on the horse whilst to the rear of the gun is the section commander Lt C T Walwyn RHA.

Enjoy

Ooops, sorry first attempt to upload picture has for some reason failed- will try again.

DWL

here it is

and here is the other one

This painting is fantastic thanks for sharing it with us, the detail, i can almost here the orders been given,

thanks again Mandy