Military art prints of the Second Gulf War. Gallery of prints and painting depicting scenes from the Second Gulf War.
Thrown Tracks by David Rowlands.
Between 27th March and 4th April 2003, C Squadron The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards was attached to 40 Commando Royal Marines on the Al Faw peninsula, Iraq. Corporal Justin Simons was the squadrons recovery mechanic and Corporal James Garrett was the commander of the squadrons Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle - CRARRV. On 30th March, 2nd Troop C Squadron was supporting a Royal Marines clearance operation near Abu Al Khasib - Operation JAMES. A Challenger 2 tank became decisively engaged by the enemy, both its tracks were thrown and it was disabled beside the causeway. Corporal Garrett was tasked to recover it. As darkness fell and under attacks from rocket propelled grenades, small arms and mortar fire, Corporal Simons took charge of the recovery operation. He and Corporal John Morgan dismounted, while Corporal Garrett provided close protection by operating the machine-gun. The tank was successfully winched onto the road, but then became stranded in an even more dif.........
Serving as a Medical Orderly attached to 1st Battalion Princess of Waless Royal Regiment, 19-year-old Private Michelle Norris climbs onto a Warrior armoured vehicle, under sustained sniper fire, to treat the gravely wounded commander. For her selfless bravery Private Norris became the first female to be awarded the Military Cross. June 11th 2006, Al-Amarah, Iraq. Commissioned by the Royal Army Medical Corps.
Item Code : DHM1896
Pte Michelle Norris MC by Stuart Brown. - Editions Available
Image size 23.5 inches x 15.5 inches (60cm x 39cm) Paper size 27 inches x 19.5 inches (69cm x 50cm)
Artist : Stuart Brown
£85.00
Operation TELIC, Iraq by David Rowlands.
March - April 2003. 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment deployed in the Rumaylah oilfields in order to secure the Gas Oil Separation Plants and clear the area of any remaining enemy forces.
Item Code : DHM1333
Operation TELIC, Iraq by David Rowlands. - Editions Available
Y Company of 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers assault Bridge 2 over the Shatt al Basrah waterway under heavy fire on the morning of 23rd March 2003.
Item Code : DHM1329
Howay the Lads by David Rowlands. - Editions Available
Capturing the Manifold Metering Station (MMS) on the Al Faw peninsula, Iraq. During Operation TELIC, the liberation of Iraq, on the night of 20th March 2003, 40 Commando Royal Marines, under the command of Lt Col G K Messenger OBE, mounted an amphibious helicopter assault to seize key Iraqi oil infrastructure on the Al Faw peninsula. It took around five hours from H hour until the area was deemed secure, and this painting shows the scene at first light on 21st March. As the first conventional troops on the ground, the strategic significance of the operation was immense. The Commando Group's role in the success of the coalition operation in Iraq was pivotal and profound. In a two-week period of intense operations, it secured vital oil installations, cleared a large expanse of enemy held terrain, and defeated a major enemy stronghold on the outskirts of Basra, killing over 150 Iraqi soldiers and taking 440 prisoners.
Item Code : DHM6185
40 Commando Royal Marines by David Rowlands. - Editions Available
The scene depicts a strike operation in downtown Basra, Iraq. This type of operation was conducted by all four Companies of the 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment 'The Poachers' throughout the period April to November 2006, whilst deployed on Operation TELIC 8.
Item Code : DHM6193
The Poachers Strike by David Rowlands. - Editions Available
Through the Hands of Victory, Baghdad, Iraq, 7th April 2003 by David Pentland.
Abram M1A1 tanks and Bradley APCs of Charlie Company, the Cobras, 1-64 Desert Rogues Armoured Battalion, US 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanised) drive into central Baghdad, through Saddams famous war memorial.
Item Code : DHM1272
Through the Hands of Victory, Baghdad, Iraq, 7th April 2003 by David Pentland. - Editions Available
Zulu Company of the First Fusiliers Battle Group in the attack on Bridge 4, Basra, on the evening of 22nd March 2003. I travelled to this spot in Sgt Jason Wellard's Warrior, and sketched the soldiers as they took up position here. Jason, the 12 platoon sergeant, carrying a 350 radio on his back, controls the fire support group. He is kneeling with his SA80 rifle in hand, giving target indications to the soldier beside him who is firing illumination rounds from the 51mm mortar. Beyond them the platoon commander, Lt Chris Rees-Gay (with radio pack) and three section commanders are planning the attack. Firing its chain gun and flying the red and white pennant is 'Zero Bravo', the command Warrior of the Z Company commander, Major McSporran. The four Warriors of 10 Platoon are crossing the bridge; the commanders of the two leading Warriors fire Schermuly flares to illuminate the ground in front of them.
Sergeant-Major Darren Leigh MC, 1st Battalion The Queens Lancashire Regiment by David Rowlands.
On 9th August 2003 there was widespread and violent disorder across Basrah due to fuel and electricity shortages. In the suburb of At Tannumah a large crowd gathered outside the Iraqi police station. While his company commander sought support from the Iraqi police, Company Sergeant-Major Leigh, with only some 30 soldiers and three vehicles, faced a crowd 300 strong. The rioters were throwing a hail of bricks, then surged forward in an attempt to overwhelm the police station. Sergeant-Major Leighs small force held them back, but came under small arms fire from gunmen behind the crowd. Despite the disparity in numbers, and sensing that his small party of Queens Lancashires were isolated on the far bank of the Shatt Al Arab, with reinforcement unlikely, Sergeant-Major Leigh seized the initiative by rapidly advancing into the crowd to disperse them. One of three grenades thrown by the Iraqis wounded him in the legs. Despite his injuries he led his 30 men in the subsequent baton cha.........
Corporal C.J.G. (Fred) Comber MC and crew of the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in action on Bridge 4 over the Shatt al Basra waterway, Iraq, 24th March 2003.
Item Code : DHM1561
Corporal C.J.G. Comber MC by David Rowlands. - Editions Available
The Road to Basra, Southern Iraq, 7th April 2003 by David Pentland.
Challenger II tanks of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, and Warrior APCs of the Irish Guards, 7th Armoured Brigade, the Desert Rats supported overhead by US Marine Corps Cobras during their epic dawn attack to finally take and secure Basra.
Item Code : DHM1273
The Road to Basra, Southern Iraq, 7th April 2003 by David Pentland. - Editions Available
First Fusiliers Battlegroup leading 7th Armoured Brigade into Iraq. 21st march 2003 Operation Telic. The motto of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers means Wherever the fates call. On 21st March 2003, just after midnight, Warriors of the Milan Anti-tank Platoon of the First Fusiliers, commanded by Captain Nader Anabtawi, drove through the gap made in the wire and halted at the foot of the berm marking the border between Kuwait and Iraq. Soldiers dismounted from the Warriors and climbed to the top of the berm, where each pair of men set up their Milan firing post. There were twelve Milan firing posts in all. A platoon of Y Company, armed with machine guns and SA80 rifles was interspersed among them. All the while, shells fired by the Royal Artillery were exploding in the air ahead of them. As the Fusiliers fired at the enemy across the rugged farmland in front, a Combat Engineer Tractor of 39 Armoured Engineer Squadron dug a gap in the berm. Then, an AVLB was driven through .........
