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(14) Page 33 - Thank you, Boys, for having won a record victory
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| Blighty and Sea Pie > Blighty > Christmas, 1918 > (14) Page 33 - Thank you, Boys, for having won a record victory |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74458449 |
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| Description | Advertisement for the West End Cinema Theatre, London. This advertisement incorporates a photograph of a man in military officer's uniform, with his autograph alongside. The text, written in the form of a letter, reads: '"Thank you, Boys, for having won a Record Victory." P.S. "My open door is still always open to all you dear wounded Boys. Come along, and don't forget to bring your Nurses with you." G.F.S.' The tremendous admiration and goodwill directed towards homecoming troops are reflected in 'G.F.S's' offer to give free entry to wounded soldiers, and in his donning of military uniform. |
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| Description | A humorous weekly magazine issued free to the troops in the First World War; contained short stories, poems, cartoons, paintings and drawings, with contributions from men on active service. Distributed by the War Office, the Admiralty and the Red Cross, and subsidised through donations and sales to the general public. |
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| Shelfmark | 6.84 |
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| Description | Editions of 'Blighty' (1917, 1918) and 'Sea Pie' (1917-1919), First World War magazines with pictures, stories, poems and humour. 'Blighty' was sent free to the men at the front and in the fleet. Profits from sales of 'Sea Pie' went to help sailors and their families. |
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