Great that he managed to get these down on paper. "Sketches drawn by a signaller who served on the front line in the First World War have been published in a new book for the first time. Lawrence George Ellis, born in Tottenham in 1899, lied about his age to enlist at just 17 in 1915. He went on to become a Signaller First Class in the 40th Division (later 33rd Division) Royal Field Artillery. He witnessed the aftermath of the Somme and saw action at the Battle of Cambrai. The sketches only came to light in 2014 when his great-grandson brought them into school for a show-and-tell assignment. The book's now-editor David Langley, from Bristol, happened to be leading the class. He said: 'I was covering for a colleague within the history department at the school where I teach and I was offered the chance to look at some sketches that a Year 9 student had brought in, which had apparently been drawn by his great-grandfather.' The book is made up of three diaries and over 1,700 sketches. Ellis, who was not a trained artist, writer or diarist, compiled the work between 1921 to 1930. After the war he worked as a wages clerk, for the London Passenger Transport Board. He went on to get married and have two daughters before passing away on June 14, 1971. History Press commissioning editor Joanna de Vries said: 'It takes something unique, something that stands out and also something that touches you to make you want to take it through the commissioning process and champion its publication. 'Lawrence's book was just that – it was so real, so raw and covering a not-often told story of a key part of the war. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3982544/That-s-quite-tell-Never-seen-sketches-WWI-signaller-uncovered-great-grandson-took-school.html#ixzz4VlADFmW8 "
