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(10) Page 19 - I knew it - no luck for seven years

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(10) Page 19 - I knew it - no luck for seven years
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DescriptionThis cartoon, by Private N. Kirby, shows an off-duty British soldier buried underneath flying glass and assorted debris, as a result of an artillery shell exploding on his dug-out. The caption reads: 'Tommy (whose shaving has been interrupted and glass smashed): "I KNEW IT - NO LUCK FOR SEVEN YEARS!"' This cartoon plays on the superstition that breaking a mirror results in seven years' bad luck, while the buried soldier has just had a very lucky escape. Private N. Kirby was a member of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RMAC).
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DescriptionA 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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DescriptionEditions 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.