JIM RISWOLD
OVER THE TOP (OF BANGERS AND MASH)
At Redan Ridge, during the first day of the Battle of the Somme,
Private J.S. Reid of the 2nd Seaforth Highlanders wrote,
“I could see that our leading waves had got caught by their kilts.
They were killed, hanging on the wire, riddled with bullets,
like crows shot on a dyke.”
Gott strafe England was a common slogan of the German Army
during World War One.
It means “May God punish England.”
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2011 color digital print 20 x 43 inches
$1500. UF