34ROC - Donald Maxwell

‘Donald Maxwell was a Rochester based artist. In the First World War he drew some of the first pictures depicting air warfare and, as an officer in the RNVR and later as an official Admiralty war artist, he created an important pictorial record of naval operations. His work is displayed in the Imperial War Museum and Chatham Dockyard Museum amongst others.’

‘Donald lived at 144 Borstal Road, Rochester ME1 3BB’

Image and text courtesy of the Maxwell family

 

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