Blighty > Christmas, 1917
(2) Inside front cover - With the Indian Cavalry in France
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| Blighty and Sea Pie > Blighty > Christmas, 1917 > (2) Inside front cover - With the Indian Cavalry in France |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74458453 |
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| Description | Advertisement for Wolseley motorcars. This advert reads: "WOLSELEY. On War Service. / WITH THE INDIAN CAVALRY IN FRANCE / WOLSELEY MOTORS LIMITED / (Proprietors: VICKERS, LIMITED,) / ADDERLEY PARK, BIRMINGHAM." The artist's name is illegible. British officers in their car, are driving past Indian cavalry in a field. |
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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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