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'Driver J.H.C. Drain', 37th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, 1915

Cigarette card, from a series of 25 cards entitled, 'Victoria Cross Heroes', published by W D and H O Wills Limited, Bristol, 1915.

Portrait of Driver Job Henry Charles Drain (1895-1975), 37th Battery, Royal Field Artillery wearing Victoria Cross.

Driver Job Henry Charles Drain, 37th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, won the Victoria Cross at Le Cateau on 26 August 1914. He was involved in recapturing a gun under heavy fire from German forces. Captain Douglas Reynolds and Driver Frederick Luke were also awarded the Victoria Cross for the action.

One of nine cigarette cards from an incomplete series.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1991-10-158-2

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1991-10-158-2