473548 Sir Eric, Geddes, 1926 (colour litho) by Ritchie, Alick Penrose Forbes (1868-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Eric Campbell-Geddes (1875 ??1937); British businessman and politician; in 1916 as Inspector-General of Sir Douglas Haig\'s British Expeditionary Force (BEF) during the First World War, Geddes revolutionised the BEF\'s transport and supply mechanism; after the war Geddes continued in public positions, gaining dubious renown for his policy of expenditure cuts in the civil service in 1922 (the so-called \'Geddes Axe\'); from the series of \'Straight Line\' caricatures produced as cigarette cards by John Player & Sons; the first Minister of Transport between 1919 and 1921; from the series of \'Straight Line\' caricatures produced as cigarette cards by John Player & Sons; ); English, out of copyright.