The Kensingtons at Laventie
The Kensingtons at Laventie is a large oil painting on glass by Eric Kennington completed in 1915 that depicts a First World War platoon of British troops. The group depicted was Kennington's own infantry platoon; Platoon No 7, C Company, the 1/13th Battalion, the London Regiment (Kensington), who were commonly known as the Kensingtons. Kennington completed the painting having been invalided out of the British Army due to wounds suffered on the Western Front in early 1915.
The Kensingtons at Laventie
Standing Soldier – study for The Kensingtons at Laventie, (Art.IWM ART 15924)
Eric Henri Kennington was an English sculptor, artist and illustrator, and an official war artist in both of the world wars.
Eric Kennington R.A. (1888-1960) (chalk drawing, circa 1925) by William Rothenstein
The Kensingtons at Laventie (1915) (Art.IWM ART 15661)
The Conquerors; originally titled The Victims it was renamed after objections from Lieutenant-Colonel Cyrus Wesley Peck, the commanding officer of 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish), CEF
24th Division War Memorial, Battersea Park