These drawings were done by Victor Arnold Lock during WWI.
Arnold Lock was born in Nassington in 1887 and emigrated to Canada in 1910.
When the war started he signed up to the Canadian army, rising through the ranks to become a Regimental Sergeant Major. He was sent to France where he worked on railway construction at the front.
While riding as a passenger in a sidecar he hit a pocket of gas, possibly in the second battle of Ypres, during which time the Germans launched a gas attack. During this battle the Canadians suffered 6000 causalities in 48 hours.
The gas damaged Arnold’s eyes and he was eventually discharged from the army.
Unable to obtain good treatment for his eyes in Canada he returned to England and Nassington in 1924.
He died in 1953 aged 66 and is buried in the Nassington/Yarwell cemetery.
Arnold Lock was born in Nassington in 1887 and emigrated to Canada in 1910.
When the war started he signed up to the Canadian army, rising through the ranks to become a Regimental Sergeant Major. He was sent to France where he worked on railway construction at the front.
While riding as a passenger in a sidecar he hit a pocket of gas, possibly in the second battle of Ypres, during which time the Germans launched a gas attack. During this battle the Canadians suffered 6000 causalities in 48 hours.
The gas damaged Arnold’s eyes and he was eventually discharged from the army.
Unable to obtain good treatment for his eyes in Canada he returned to England and Nassington in 1924.
He died in 1953 aged 66 and is buried in the Nassington/Yarwell cemetery.