First Ypres 1914: The graveyard of the Old Contemptibles

David Lomas is the pen name of Deborah Lake who currently lives and works in Northumberland.
Ed Dovey has been a military illustrator for a number of years and has worked on Osprey titles such as Campaign 49 Mons 1914. He is well known and much admired for his work in Military Illustrated magazine.
In the autumn of 1914 the original British Expeditionary Force faced a heavily reinforced German drive. Field Marshal Sir John French, the British Commander-in-Chief, had sent his men north in an at