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...
Q.R. West Surreys. Fought but did not die in WW1. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Private Stanley Edward Bewsey was born on 29 July 1898 in Lambeth. He was one of at least seven ch...
Homes for disabled servicemen and women, and the families of those killed in conflicts. Founded by Stoll (Formerly the Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation). The first homes were opened in Fulham, followed ...
The 18th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) was formed on 1 April 1908 by the amalgamation of regiments under the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907. Both ...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
French resistance fighters in WW2. 470 SOE agents were sent on sabotage missions to occupied France where they fought with networks of French resistance fighters who played an important part in the...
