Military or Naval
RAWLINSON
(Sir Henry Seymour, 1st Baron, 1864-1925, General)
Fine Signature on piece as the British Representative of the Supreme War Council
on a piece, 4½ x 1¼, no place, no date, together with a small cigarette card with his coloured image, 2½ x 1½, no place, no date
Background
He was a senior British Army officer in the First World War who commanded the Fourth Army of the British Expeditionary Force at the battles of the Somme (1916) and Amiens (1918) as well as the breaking of the Hindenburg Line (1918). He commanded the Indian Army from 1920 to 1925.
Stock No. 43675