British sculptor Francis Derwent Wood created this bust of Captain Herbert Kingstone, 24th Canadian Infantry Battalion, Victoria Rifles of Canada. In 1916, at the Battle of Courcelette, France, a shell shattered Kingstone’s two legs and destroyed one of his hands. He subsequently received the Military Cross.

Captain Herbert D’Olier Kingstone, M.C.
Sculpted by Francis Derwent Wood around 1919
Beaverbrook Collection of War Art
Canadian War Museum,19710261-0796

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