In April 1917 CRW aka Christopher Nevinson was appointed an official war artist by the Department of Information. Wearing the uniform of a war correspondent, he visited the Western Front from 5 July to 4 August 1917, a period which included the start of the Battle of Passchendaele on 31 July. Nevinson was billeted with other visitors in the Château d'Harcourt, south of Caen.
CRW aka Christopher Nevinson. "Banking at 400 Feet".
In 1884 [his father] Henry Nevinson [aged 27] and [his mother] Margaret Wynne Jones [aged 25] were married.
On 13th August 1889 CRW aka Christopher Nevinson was born to Henry Nevinson [aged 32] and Margaret Wynne Jones [aged 31].
Around 1900. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson [aged 10]. "The Weir, Charenton".
Around 1900. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson [aged 10]. Portrait of Elizabeth Darley.
1911-1912. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson [aged 21]. "The Railway Bridge, Charenton".
1911. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson [aged 21]. Self-portrait.
1913. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson [aged 23]. "The Arrival".
On 1st November 1915 CRW aka Christopher Nevinson [aged 26] and Kathleen Knowlman were married at Hampstead Town Hall. After a week-long honeymoon, he reported back to the RAMC but was invalided out of the service in January 1916 with acute rheumatic fever.
Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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1916. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson [aged 26]. "A Taube".
1916. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson [aged 26]. "The Doctor".
1917. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson [aged 27]. Portrait of Edith Sitwell [aged 29].
1917. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson [aged 27]. "A Group of Soldiers".
1917. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson [aged 27]. "After The Push".
1917. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson [aged 27]. "Paths of Glory".
1917. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson [aged 27]. "Building Aircraft: Acetylene Welder".
1917. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson [aged 27]. "War Profiteers".
1918. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson [aged 28]. "The Harvest of Battle".
On 8th June 1932 [his mother] Margaret Wynne Jones [aged 74] died.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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In 1933 [his father] Henry Nevinson [aged 76] and [his step-mother] Evelyn Jane Sharp [aged 63] were married.
1940. CRW aka Christopher Nevinson [aged 50]. "Anti-aircraft Defences" depicting anti-aircraft batteries and London Blitz spotlights.
On 9th November 1941 [his father] Henry Nevinson [aged 85] died.
On 7th October 1946 CRW aka Christopher Nevinson [aged 57] died.