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(9) Page 19 - Why the blazes did you fire after I gave the cease fire?
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/74466471
Description	Located at an army firing range, this cartoon (by Sergeant T. Crewe) contains a short conversation between a despairing sergeant-major and a raw recruit who has just arrived from England. The caption reads: 'Sergeant.-Major (at Training Area): "WHY THE BLAZES DID YOU FIRE AFTER I GAVE THE 'CEASE FIRE'?" / Just out from England: "OH, IT'S ALL RIGHT, SIR - IT WOULDN'T GO VERY FAR." / "WHAT D'YOU MEAN BY 'WOULDN'T GO VERY FAR?" / "WHY, I DIDN'T PULL IT very HARD, SIR."' This cartoon plays on how completely hopeless new recruits can be when they first join the army. In this instance, the gormless lad firing the rifle thinks that how far the bullet travels depends entirely on how hard he squeezes the rifle's trigger - hence the despairing and incredulous sergeant-major. Interestingly, the cartoon was actually drawn by a sergeant of the 6th East Yorkshire Regiment.

Form / genre:	Images > Pictures > Cartoons (commentary) Images > Pictures > Illustrations > Periodical Illustrations
Subject / content:	Barns Battlefields Officers (military officers) Rifles (long guns) Soldiers
Person / organisation:	Crewe, T. [Artist]
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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.