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'Trumpeter Waldron at his post', 1914

Lantern slide by Newton and Company, with the 'Netownian' trademark used in the 1910s, with a reproduction of artwork from the 'Illustrated London News'.

Trumpeter (later Bombardier) Stanley Frederick George Waldron (1897-1982), Royal Field Artillery, holding two horses while shells explode around him.

Waldron was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his actions on 26 August 1914, at the Battle of Le Cateau. Waldron acted as a liaison between deployed field guns and their horse teams and limbers held back some two kilometres behind the forward gun positions. He stayed at his post during heavy enemy artillery bombardment. Waldron was wounded during the action.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1978-11-157-7-52

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study Collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1978-11-157-7-52