RM2T6GFTT–'General Sir H. C. O. Plumer', 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 1" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924].
RM2AG0GPY–'Colonel Plumer's Gallant Attempt to Relieve Mafeking from the North', 1900. The Siege of Mafeking lasted 217 days during the Second Boer War, Herbert Plumer was promoted to colonel for his part in the Relief. From "South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. IV", by Louis Creswicke. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1900]
RM2RRJEM7–Model of a Battlefield; On the eve of the attack of June 7, 1917, on the German side of Wytschaete-Messines, Australians of the Plumer army study a huge map in relief, made in cement, to allow the men to know all the details of the ground they will cover', 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924].
RM2AG0GRX–'Lieut.-Colonel Plumer', 1901. Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer (1857-1932) senior British Army officer who led the mounted infantry at the Relief of Mafeking during the Second Boer War and was promoted to colonel on 29 November 1900. From "South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. V", by Louis Creswicke. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1901]
RM2A8E7MR–'General Sir Herbert Plumer inspecting the effects of a mine explosion', First World War, c1917, (c1920). 'The Second Army's Chief on the Flanders Front'. Herbert Plumer (centre), and fellow British officers on the battlefield, Belgian Western Front. From "The Great World War: A History", Volume VII, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920]
RM2A8E7N8–'Map to illustrate the Battle of Messines', First World War, June 1917, (c1920). The blue area shows ground gained from the Germans by the British under General Sir Herbert Plumer, 7-14 June 1917. The battle took place on the Western Front near the village of Messines in West Flanders, Belgium. From "The Great World War: A History", Volume VII, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920]
RM2A8E7N4–'General Sir Herbert Plumer G.C.B.', c1916, (c1920). Portrait of British soldier Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857-1932) who commanded the British Second Army in Flanders in World War I. He was promoted to field marshal and made a Baron in 1919, and served as Governor of Malta and then High Commissioner of the British Mandate of Palestine. From "The Great World War: A History", Volume VII, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920]
RM2R8YAF2–'Les Anglais sur le Rhin; "La meprisable petite armee" anglaise franchit le Rhin le 12 decembre 1918: non sans humour, ou peut-etre par hasard, le general Plumer commandant la 2e armee britannique, s'etait place avec son etat-major au-dessous du piedestal supportant la statue equestre de Guillaume II, a l'entre du pont Hohenzollern, a Cologne, pour voir sa cavalerie passer sur la rive droite', 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924].
RM2RRJEKA–Belgian Bell Recovered; The victors of Messines were commanded by General Plumer; to transport and hand over the bell of the church of Wytschaete, found intact in the ruins of the building to King Albert's headquarters, a precious souvenir of the first Belgian ground liberated', 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924].
RM2A8E7MT–Map of Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium, First World War, (c1920). 'The Ypres Salient before the Battle of July 31, 1917: map showing the approximate positions of the Franco-British Line'. The Third Battle of Ypres, also known as the Battle of Passchendaele, took place on the Western Front from July to November 1917. It was fought between the British, Belgian and French armies against the Germans, and resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of men. From "The Great World War: A History", Volume VII, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920]
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