'Heaven's Knight Aid Us!', 1918 (c)

Chromolithograph reproduction of an original by Alfred Pearse, 1918 (c), published as part of a mounted set, 'The Angels at Mons', by S H and Company Limited, Clerkenwell, London, 1920 (c).

A battle scene from early on in World War One (1914-1918), with British infantry witnessing and giving thanks to God for the destruction of a German force by a ghostly host of medieval archers commanded by a mounted knight.

The image is mounted onto thin card, with the title and an extract from 'The Angels of Mons' written by Arthur Machen below. Machen writes, 'They were like men who drew the bow, and with another shout, their cloud of arrows flew, singing and tingling through the air towards the German hosts... Their arrows fled so swift and thick that they darkened the air; the heathen horde melted from before them'.

From a collection of items relating to the career of George Arthur William Kennard who served with The Buffs (East Kent Regiment).