Raider with Cosh, Eric Kennington, c1917.
A cosh is a kind of club, made fast to the wrist with a thong so as to hand when not in use, and leave the hand free. The man has no cap, shoulder title, badge or tunic buttons, because, if he were killed in the enemy's trench, these might tell the enemy things which otherwise the enemy could only learn by success in a raid of his own.
From British Artists at the Front, 1918.















