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DAVID ROWLANDS PAINTING - CORPORAL FRED COMBER

Corporal CJG (Fred) Comber MC and crew of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
In action on Bridge 4 over the Shatt Al Basra Waterway, Iraq, 24 March 2003
Oil Painting by David Rowlands - Length 1520mm, Height 900mm - Acc No A:2006.4774

The gilt framed oil painting depicts Corporal Fred Comber dismounting from a Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle (CRARRV) with three other military vehicles in the distance and a background of black smoke. The painting was dontated to the REME Museum of Technology by the Trustees of the REME Central Charitable Trust.
The REME Central Charitable Trust commissioned the artist David Rowlands to illustrate one of the actions mentioned in the Citation for the Military Cross (MC) awarded to Corporal CJG (Fred) Comber MC, REME.
Corporal Comber has subsequently been promoted to Sergeant.

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