In 1919 Spencer produced a large oil painting entitled ‘Travoys with Wounded Arriving at a Dressing Stationat Smol, Macedonia’ as a commission for the Ministry of Information. An official war painting it is based on his First World War experiences in Macedonia and shows the scene at a dressing station during a nearby attack with the wounded men on stretchers drawn by mules.  This little watercolour copy was painted by the artist in the autograph album of a well known Cookham lady.