Soldiers' alphabets are synonymous with Trench Journals, and there is no shortage of examples, such as the one from the Sprig below. They have been used in support of the argument that trench culture was an export, or continuation, of civilian culture. Whether I agree with that statement is a topic for another day, …

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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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