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D1573 - Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier - 1916-1969
- 1 - Drawings and correspondence
  - 1 - Album of drawings by H J Rylands during active service depicting situations and people, often with comic comments, including transport, billets, gas mask, hospital 'trench French', self portrait and portraits of other officers including Major W W Hammond; places mentioned include Newmarket, Béthune, Givenchy, Bliesheim, Natoye, Vermelles, Loos, Robecq, Abbeville, Camiers; including official Christmas card 1918 - 1916-1918

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D1573/1/1/13
Title	Cartoon by H J Rylands reading 'INSTRUCTOR: "Now when I says "MOUNT", I want to see yer vault into the saddle, wivout a touching the stirrup, & I don't want to see yer a climbin' up the 'oss!"'
Date	10 Jun 1916
Description	To the left rear, a uniformed figure with two chevrons of rank mounted on a standing horse: in the foreground: a side view of a standing horse: partly visible beyond the horse is a red-faced alarmed-looking man with one arm across the saddle and the other round the horse's neck; one of the man's legs is horizontal at the horse's rear and the other off the ground below the body of the horse: the man's cap is in the air above his head.
Extent	1 item
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier
Format	Artwork
Physical Description	Ink drawing
Copies	A digital copy of this item can be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
Term	First World War (1914-1918)
	Cartoons
	Art
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