THE ANGELS OF MONS

THE ANGELS OF MONS

by

10th Essex Regiment Great War Living History Group & Grex Luporum.

Photograph by : © Mike South

A fun photoshoot Yiorgos, Mike, Ed and I did recently to recreate the legend of The Angels of Mons, sometimes called The Bowmen of Mons. There are various different versions of the story around but the gist of it is that in 1914 while the British Army were retreating from Mons, an army of spectral bowmen from the battle of Agincourt appeared, killed a bunch of German soldiers with a volley of arrows and then disappeared having saved some British troops. In some versions they're angels, in others they're lead by St George himself. Hopefully we'll be able to get more of both groups together for a larger shoot some time.

Shot with a Kodak No 2 Folding Brownie Model A (1905), using Ilford FP4 film. Thanks to Yiorgos for developing the film.

Yiorgos and Ed are with GREX LUPORUM, Mike and I are with the 10th Essex Regiment Great War Living History Group.

With a Kodak No 2 Folding Brownie Model A (1905), using Ilford FP4 film

Digital file.

Digital file.

ANGELS OF MONS - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_of_Mons