'15th Sikhs fait à Allouagne' and 'Sikhs au cantonnement- 15th Sikhs (Allouagne)', 10 January 1915

Lithograph by and after Paul Sarrut (1882-1969), 1914 (c).

One of 70 lithographs of sketches by Paul Sarrut, No 81 in a limited edition of 250 entitled 'British and Indian Troops in Northern France', published by H Delepine, Arras, 1920 (c).

One of two prints printed on a single page. This, the upper one, shows soldiers of the 15th (Ludhiana) Sikhs training and is signed by Lt Col John Hill DSO, commanding 15th (Ludhiana) Sikhs. The lower image shows stretcher bearers relaxing on the ground.

Camille Georges Paul Sarrut was born in Grenoble in May 1882. He was an artist and engraver who studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français from 1909, under the name Paul Sarrut. Having undertaken national service in 1903, he rejoined the French Army in 1914 as a corporal and served during the First World War (1914-1918). That same year he was posted to the British Army as a Military Liaison Officer and interpreter for the French, Indian and British troops on the Western Front. The National Army Museum holds a large collection of original sketches that Sarrut drew during the war, many of which he published in this set of lithographs in about 1920.