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Bairnsfather’s ‘Old Bill, the influence on Tommy Atkins, and the Better ‘Ole Video Game

Aug 25, 2024 · 9 min read · Bruce Bairnsfather Old Bill Video Game Tommy Atkins Bystander Better Ole Coping Strategy Army Humour Pyschology Footnote Inception Morale Mi7 RNAS Concert Party Captain Arthur Elliot J.P. Harrington Herman Darewski Music Hall ·
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In terms of surviving, processing and enduring the environment that Tommy Atkins faced during the war, humour played a vital role, one which should never be undervalued for its contribution. Lord Moran (1882-1977), President of the Royal College of Physicians, Winston Churchill's personal doctor, and author of The …

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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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