Canada, Commonwealth. H.M.S. Marlborough, by Reuben Jukes (Jucksch) Hold and unissued set in overall

and unissued set in overall extremely fine condition

A lesser Commanding Officer might have been tempted to select the weaker links of his bat­tal­ion

Operation Tractable was the final attack conducted by Canadian and Polish troops

and is topped by a black ink size mark of “59”

Canada, Commonwealth. H.M.S. Marlborough, by Reuben Jukes (Jucksch) Hold and unissued set in overallOil on canvas, title at bottom centre and signed and dated 'RA Jucksch 13" measuring 56 cm (w) x 40 cm (h) in frame, fine. Footnote: Reuben Jukes (Jucksch) was born in Hanover, Ontario, in 1887. In November 1914, aged 27, he enlisted as a private in the 20th. Canadian Battalion. His enlistment papers give his trade as "artist". After training in England his battalion was sent to the Front in January 1916, but in April he was diagnosed as suffering