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  • Soldier-cartoonist: Private Alfred Edmeades Bestall, Army Service Corps

    calendar Sep 25, 2023 · 6 min read · Blighty A Budget Humour from Home Soldier Cartoons Army Service Corps Alfred Bestall Western Front Wales Mandalay Punch Tatler Daily Express Grove Park Rupert the Bear Sphere London Opinion Passing Show 35th Division Bantam Flanders B-Type Bus Mechanical Transport Learners  ·
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    Soldier-cartoonist: Private Alfred Edmeades Bestall, Army Service Corps

    Private Alfred Edmeades Bestall, Army Service Corps Service Number: DM2/112832 Born: 14 December 1892, Mandalay, Burma Died: 15 January 1986, Porthmadog, Wales (Aged 93) I am the type of person, who when visiting an art gallery, bowls past the information desk, brushes off the tour guide, and boots the audio-headset …


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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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