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Soldier-cartoonist: Private Richard Collins, 12th Battalion East Surrey

May 10, 2023 · 4 min read · Blighty A Budget Humour from Home Soldier Cartoons 12th Battalion (Bermondsey) 41st Division 122nd Brigade Easy Surrey Regiment Western Front Signaller Battle of Flers-Courcelette Pheasant Wood Dammestrasse St. Eloi Battle of Messines Ridge 1917 Military Medal Denys Wood ·
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Private Richard Collins, 12th (Bermondsey) Battalion East Surrey Regiment Service Number: 12906 (Later 12234, 1st Irish Guards) Born: 9 August 1899, Brentford, Middlesex Died: Unknown Enlisted, at the age of 19, in August 1915 with the 12th (Bermondsey) Battalion East Surrey Regiment, earning the qualification of 1st …

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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 HLI 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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