6-foot tall and aged 17 the youngest member of his Home Guard unit, Jack was selected to model for Bruce Bairnsfather who was preparing the artwork for a government advertising campaign 'Salute the Soldier, War Savings'. The result was a nationwide campaign of 12-foot posters, newspaper adverts and these plaques.
The picture source is from the local paper where we first heard this story.
Note: we know of three other soldiers who also did some modelling - see Dudley.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Private Jack Askham
At British Military Badges we found a similar plaque on sale for £250: “Mould...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Student of Trinity College of Music, killed in WW1.
Lieutenant Colonel Gregory Augustus Daymond was born on 25 November 1920 in Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, USA. From the American Air Museum in Britain website we learn that he grew up in Ne...
Irish born sergeant in the Royal Horse Artillery. Awarded the VC for his heroism on 1 September 1914, age 28, while serving in the Royal Horse Artillery. "During a holding action by his battery an...
