John Nash’s painting showing the 1st Artists’ Rifles attacking on the morning of December 30, 1917, at Welsh Ridge, near Marcoing (south west of Cambrai). Nash was among the attackers. Imperial War Museum
MADAM – I am writing to ATG following your militaria special (ATG No 2305) to tell you about The Trench Experience, a registered educational charity which uses the Artists’ Rifles regiment to illustrate what happened in the trenches during the First World War.
The Artists’ Rifles was formed in 1860 as part of the Volunteer Corps, to encourage artists, sculptors, actors and musicians to fight for their country when there was a perceived threat of invasion from the French under Napoleon III.