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Cranston Fine Arts Military Art and Artists World War Two Campaigns North Africa

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Captain The Lord Lyell VC by Terence Cuneo. Both editions sold out.

The Battle of Knightsbridge, 6th June 1942 by Terence Cuneo. This single edition is sold out.

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Captain The Lord Lyell VC by Terence Cuneo. The action depicts at Djebel Bou Aoukaz, Tunisia, 27th April 1943. Depicting Lyell charging the German 88mm gun position single handed (one other supporting Guardsman had been shot and killed) With pistol in one hand and dirk in the other, Lyell leaped forward firing and slashing, Five men fell at his feet, before he was overpowered and hacked to death. The scene was witnessed by a wounded Guardsman on the ridge.

The Battle of Knightsbridge, 6th June 1942 by Terence Cuneo. The battle of Knightsbridge was part of the battle of the Cauldron, fought by the 8th Army in the western desert, 2nd-11th June 1942 against the tanks of Rommels Afrika Korps. The image shows the 426th Battery of the 107th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, the South Nottinghamshire Hussars as tanks of the Afrika Korps attacked over a three day period. With all their ammunition gone and all suffering wounds the Battery was forced to surrender.