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It seems as if Whistler, like many other artists in war, predicted his own death.

Just days before he was killed, he remarked to a friend that he wanted to be buried where he fell, not in a military cemetery.

On the night before his death, a fellow officer, Francis Portal came up to him and they talked for a bit.

Before they parted, Portal remarked " So we'll probably see each other tomorrow evening.

" Wistfully, Whistler replied " I hope so.

" His body now lies in Banneville-La-Campagne War Cemetery.