"In the publication, 'British Artists at the Front' (Country Life, London, 1918), the subject of this work is further explained: 'The drawing was made when a battalion was marching back from the trenches to rest, and this good fellow was carrying a tired friend's rifle and helmet as well as his own." image: a full length portait of a British infantryman of the Lancashire Fusiliers, shown in profile. The soldier is in full kit and carries a second rifle and steel helmet as well as his own. He is wearing his service cap and one of the helmets he carries bears the distinctive badge of the Fusiliers, as well as the 'L F' of his unit.