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...
Third child of Queen Elizabeth II. Born Andrew Albert Christian Edward in the Belgian Suite of Buckingham Palace. He joined the Royal Navy and saw active service as a helicopter pilot in the Falkla...
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 18 September 1918, age 23, while serving in the Machine Gun Corps. "Three times he charged ahead and captured enemy guns and positions. His example of fearless and...
Student of Trinity College of Music, killed in WW1.
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