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Soldier-cartoonist: Corporal Robert Birrell, 17th Highland Light Infantry

Mar 29, 2023 · 4 min read · Soldier Cartoons 17th Highland Light Infantry 14th Brigade 32nd Division HLI Highland Light Infantry Glasgow Pals The Outpost Blighty A Budget Humour from Home Rubáiyát of a Ranker Lance Corporal Frank K Pickles Lance-Corporal J. M'K Thomson Codford East Down camp Cailes camp Western Front Egypt Palestine Rhine Scottish Military Research Group ·
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Figure 1. The Outpost, 1 March, 1918, p.175, British Library This is the first entry in an ongoing series documenting soldier-cartoonists of the First World War, including those who had contributions published in the magazine Blighty, those who contributed to Trench Journals and Unit magazines, and those who kept …

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The ‘Budding Bairnsfathers’ : First World War Soldier-cartoonists Published in Blighty

Mar 27, 2023 · 15 min read · Propaganda Blighty A Budget Humour from Home 40 Fleet Street Fleet Street Soldier Cartoons Soldier Cartoonists Cartoon History Morale FWW Publications ·
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Figure 1. Blighty, 14 June 1916, p.1 Blighty: A Budget of Humour from Home was a charitable soldiers’ newspaper that ran between May 1916 and March 1919 (and later became a short-lived mainstream publication until its bankruptcy in 1921). In the foreword for the first issue, the origin of the magazine was attributed to …

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