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  • Soldier-cartoonist: Sapper Charles Albert Kennett, Royal Engineers

    calendar Jun 27, 2024 · 10 min read · Royal Engineers Sapper Labour Battalion Queens Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment 706th Labour Corps 2nd Army 4th Army IX Corps Charlton Dover Kent The Out-of-Work-Donation Postcard Dole George William Macey Imperial War Museum Blighty Postcard Series SOLDIER CARTOONS BLIGHTY A BUDGET HUMOUR FROM HOME  ·
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    Soldier-cartoonist: Sapper Charles Albert Kennett, Royal Engineers

    Sapper Charles Albert Barlow Kennett, Royal Engineers 7th Labour Company (later 706th Labour Company) Service Number: 59312 Born: 7 March 1898, Crewe, Cheshire. Died: 16 May 1979, Waterloo, Liverpool (aged 81) Figure 1. Charles "Chas" Albert Kennett, picture courtesy of Craig Williams, reproduced here with permission …


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Robert St.John Smith

Leeds, UK.
Writing about History and Art but not 'Art History'. MA in Britain and The First World War.
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