https://robertstjohnsmith.com/tags/sapper-e.j.-couzens/Recent content in SAPPER E.J. COUZENS on Robert St John Smith ©Hugo -- gohugo.ioenThu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://robertstjohnsmith.com/post/2026-09-24-wipers-times-expos-a-picture-of-ernest-james-couzens-emerges/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://robertstjohnsmith.com/post/2026-09-24-wipers-times-expos-a-picture-of-ernest-james-couzens-emerges/ <p><em>With special thanks to Jane Dix, great-granddaughter of Ernest Couzens.</em></p> <p>At the start of this year, I was fortunate to be contacted by the family of Ernest James Couzens (1883 — 1955), who provided much of the information below, as well as the pictures, which are reproduced here with their permission.</p> <div style="text-align: center;"> <figure> <img src="./images/01-ERNEST-J=COUZENS=C1916.jpg"> <figcaption>Fig. 1. Ernest James Couzens, image courtesy of Jane Dix, reproduced here with permission, © The Whelan Family </figure> </div> <p>Couzens — or Sapper Couzens (service number 94321) as he was then — is responsible for the most famous illustration associated with the <em>Wipers Times</em>: 'Questions a Platoon Commander should ask himself'.</p>