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Robert Spence – artist and ambulance service hero in France in World War 1

Art   Laing Art Gallery   World War 1
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North-East artist Robert Spence (1871-1964) joined an ambulance unit in France as soon as possible after the First World War broke out. This scene shows a first-aid post on the front line near the village of Mesnil-les-Hurlus. In 1915, French troops… Read more