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(14) Page 23 - O.H.M.S. (On His Majesty's Service)
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/74458450
Description	Advertisement for Triplex Safety Glass. This advert comprises sketches of various uses for safety glass, but all within the realm of military functions. There are pieces of text on the sheet which describe the glass, its uses and suggest reasons for the purchase of the glass. The suggestion is that Triplex would make an ideal gift for a serviceman.

Form / genre:	Images > Pictures > Illustrations > Periodical Illustrations Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Advertisements
Subject / content:	Ambulances Biplanes Ships Windows Goggles Motorcyclists Safety glass
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Christmas, 1917
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Dates / events:	1917 [Date published]
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Blighty
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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.
Shelfmark	6.84

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Periodicals
Dates / events:	1916-1920 [Date published] World War, 1914-1918 [Date/event in text]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place published]
Subject / content:	Humor
Person / organisation:	Walbrook & Co. [Printer] Walbrook & Co. [Publisher] Committee of Blighty [Publisher]
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Blighty and Sea Pie
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.