'Malaya. Bombing of a Hospital Train', 1941 (c)

Watercolour over pencil, signed lower right 'L Rawlings', by Gunner Leo Rawlings (1918-1984), 137th Field Regiment Royal Artillery, 1941 (c).

Freight and hospital trains being bombed in a station, while soldiers operate anti-aircraft guns and continue to load supplies. In his book 'And the Dawn Came Up Like Thunder', Rawlings writes about his experiences as a Far Eastern Prisoner of War.