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Mabel Lethbridge
Mabel Florence Lethbridge British Empire Medal, BEM (7 July 1900 – 14 July 1968) was a 20th-century English people, English writer and business woman. She was the youngest person at the time to receive the British Empire Medal, an award affiliated to the Order of the British Empire, for her services in the Great War as a munitions factory worker. She was severely injured when a shell she was packing exploded and described her experiences in a series of autobiographies. Early life Mabel Lethbridge was born on 7 July 1900 in Luccombe, Somerset, Luccombe, Somerset, the second youngest of six children of John Acland Musgrave Lethbridge (1869 – 1934) and the American Florence Martin (Mary) Cooper (d 1931). Her Grandfather was Lethbridge baronets, Sir Wroth Periam Christopher Lethbridge, 5th Baronet (1863–1950) and her paternal family were long established Somerset gentry. Her parents divorced in 1903 and the first volume of her autobiography is brief on her childhood years,Mabel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Gill
Colin Unwin Gill (12 May 1892 – 16 November 1940) was an English artist who painted murals and portraits and is most notable for the work he produced as a war artist during the World War I, First World War. Biography Early life Colin Gill was born at Bexleyheath in Kent. He studied at the Slade School of Art, and in 1913 became the first recipient of the Rome Scholarship in Decorative Painting to the British School at Rome. First World War At the start of World War I, Gill joined the Royal Garrison Artillery and served with them on the Western Front (World War I), Western Front as a second lieutenant with the 17th Heavy Battery until 1916, when he was seconded to the Royal Engineers to work as a front-line camouflage officer. He was invalided back to England, with gas poisoning in March 1918, and spent several months recovering at the Hospital for Officers on the Isle of Wight. In May 1918, Gill offered his services as a war artist but, initially was turned down and con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
