John Nash (artist)
Videos
John Northcote Nash was a British painter of landscapes and still-lifes, and a wood engraver and illustrator, particularly of botanic works. He was the younger brother of the artist Paul Nash.
Nash in 1951
Over The Top (1918; Art. IWM ART 2243)
Oppy Wood, 1917, Evening. (Art. IWM ART 2243)
The Cornfield, 1918, oil on canvas, 68.6 x 76.2 cm, Tate Gallery
21 SAS (Reserve)
Videos
The 21 Special Air Service Regiment, historically known as The Artists Rifles, is a regiment of the British Army Reserve. Its name is abbreviated to 21 SAS.
John Nash (artist)
…Gallery. Nash's health initially prevented him enlisting at the outbreak of the First World War but from November 1916 to January 1918 he served in the Artists Rifles, the unit that his brother had joined in 1914 before taking a commission in the Hampshire Regiment. He served as a sergeant at the battle of Passchendaele…
Artists Rifles Memorial at Burlington House, London
The Place, 17 Duke's Road, Bloomsbury, built 1888 as the headquarters of the 20th Middlesex (Artists') Rifle Volunteer Corps
Player's cigarette card showing a soldier of the Artists Rifles in the new field service dress