Leyton Orient has always been known as a family club and as the O's faithful you immediately all join the E10 clan once you enter the Matchroom Stadium.

That is why Melvin Chambers and Sinead Renold donated a Clapton Orient Somme Centenary Board Painting to Orient Outlook Podcast for the Leyton Orient Fans Trust (LOFT) Regeneration Fund.

As admins for the Stand Up For The Orient Facebook page, they donated the painting on behalf of the forum as they wanted to do all they could during Orient’s current plight.

The idea came to Chambers, 62, when Renold wanted to offer her own personal copy she had bought on the Somme a few years previously.

But Chambers thought they would do one better. He said: "I could not let Sinead donate the one she had bought because I knew how much it meant to her when she bought it on the trip.

"The painting symbolises so much history for the club. It is very symbolic. I had them made on the planks because that is how signs were painted during the First World War to five the soldiers the name of a village, road, town or sound a warning.

"In fact, Steve (Steve Jenkins) made a note of that during a stop at a Boys Brigade monument where replica street signs were posted made from oak planks."

An initial idea was to only make a one-off 54cm replica of the iconic Clapton Orient Somme Memorial enamel badge to present to historian Jenkins on behalf of all O's fans as a thank you for all his work in regards to preserving the history of the club.

Peter Kitchen, who is also involved in the Somme Memorial Fund at Orient, was presented with a huge blow-up picture of himself in action in the 70s.

Two years previously, Chambers wore his original Chevron shirt and that caused a stir on the Somme which saw 41 replica shirts sold and he thought the paintings would generate the same amount of interest.

It has already taken someone's eye as a member of William Jonas's family sent in a bid of £150 for the beloved plank.

When asked about the family donating the former journalist who now lives in the Netherlands said: "I find it so moving that a member of the Jonas family have made a bid for one of the Paintings.

"It has touched me profoundly. I shed a stream of tears when I realised William Jonas does not have his own grave, but is remembered at the Thiepval monument for the missing."

Two of the paintings were made with a red background symbolising Jonas's death and the blood lost as he was never given his own grave while the others are white for George Scott and Richard McFadden. 

The front was painted by a Dutch artist while Chambers included the message on the back.

"I was happy and proud to present Steve his plank painting on the steps of the Thiepval Monument. 

"I am lifelong Orient fan, I begged borrowed and stole to get down to the Orient at Brisbane Road.

"The way it is going it looks like a horror movie. I wanted to show the forum was involved because we are reaching almost 5000 members and I think it is still a huge part of Orient's fans lives today." 

So far the bid has reached £200 and it has touched Chambers to know how much it means to the O’s fan base.

"The money raised for the painting is magnificent when one considers how many donations have already been made to the Regeneration Fund. 

"The fans have given up many prized possessions to raise cash," added Chambers.  

As it has reached that mark, 10% will be offered to the Somme Memorial Fund in what is a ‘double win-win situation,’ for Melvin.

The deadline to enter a bid for this item is 8pm this evening which can be done by emailing Orient Outlook Podcast hosts Paul Levy and Steve Nussbaum at orientoutlook@outlook.com. 

Over the past month, Levy and Nussbaum have worked endlessly by gaining treasured mementoes and memorabilia from ex-players and fans who still have the clubs interests in their minds.

The money raised is then donated onto the fund which has now reached £139,723.