New blog post on the pros and cons of giving art work to charities richard-colson.co.uk/startbootstrap…

RICHARD COLSON NEW ARTWORK IN THE GALLERY Use the link below 👇to view more of Richard's work cricketfineart.co.uk/artists/193-ri… TOWARDS BUONAVISTA #Acrylic on #canvas 36 x 48 cms (Framed size: 50.2 x 60 cms) #RichardColson #CricketFineArt #art #Seascape #contemporaryartist #artist

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RICHARD COLSON #NORFOLK #SUMMER Use link for more information: 👇 cricketfineart.co.uk/artists/193-ri… #Oil on #canvas 101 x 131 cms Framed size: 120 x 149.3 cms #RichardColson #CricketFineArt #art #Artist #ContemporaryArt #LandscapeArt #Landscape #fineart #artgallery #oilpainting

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New work by gallery #artist Richard Colson, following a recent trip to #Tuscany this summer 🌳⁠ Casa M, Tuscany⁠ #Oil on #canvas⁠ 36 x 46 cms #richardcolson #artgalleries #exhibition #artexhibition #contemporaryart #painting #newwork #contemporaryartgallery

Remembering with gratitude Major AFL Colson and all who served with COPP COPP Survey tinyurl.com/5n749fnw

Some new work available at Cricket Fine Art

🗓️ #OTD in 1944 – after coming through operations in Burma (Myanmar), COPP 8's Geoff Richards is killed after falling from a train in Madras (Chennai). His team are on their way back to Hammenhiel Camp in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) when the accident happens.

New arrival by Richard Colson 🖼️⁠ Astrone II⁠ Oil on linen canvas⁠ 61 x 81 cms⁠ (Framed size: 76.3 x 96.3 cms) #richardcolson #cricketfineart #art #artist #contemporaryartist #landscape

Other photos in the Imperial War Museums website suggest that these men were part of the crew of ML 437. Their boat had been on COPP operations at least twice. coppsurvey.uk/motor-launches… This is a great photo belonging to the family of COPP man Alec Colson, although it's not clear whether ML

Hayling Island Sailing Club (circa 1943) In memory of Major AFL Colson Captain in COPP 8 #oilpainting HISC #copp #combinedoperationspilotageparties COPP Survey Stephen Fisher

Hayling Island 80th anniversary D-Day landings #copp #d-day #pilotage COPP Survey HISC

🗓️ #OTD in 1944 – COPP 8’s Alec Colson (front right, 📸 Colson family archive) and Freddie Ponsonby take part in Operation Deputy with men from 42 (RM) Commando. It’s a “recce in strength” of Kyunthaya island off the coast of Burma (now Myanmar). ▶️ coppsurvey.uk/november-1944/… It’s

I am very glad to be able to direct anyone with an interest in the history of WWII and especially COPP to a collection of my father's papers now held at the Imperial War Museum London Imperial War Museum Duxford iwm.org.uk/collections/it…

But on the second night of recce Mike Peacock (📸 on right, via Alec Colson family) fails to rendezvous with his canoe after swimming ashore. The other COPP men heard no commotion. A quick search of the bay (🛰️ Google Earth) doesn't find a body. They return to Teknaf without him.

With Peacock's fate unknown, Young (🎨 John Worsley/National Army Museum) scales back 3 Commando Brigade's op to a single-night 'snatch' raid, with COPP 8's Freddie Ponsonby and Alec Colson guiding them. It will take place early next month. /🧵 ▶️ coppsurvey.uk/october-1944/#…