Blighty > Christmas, 1918
(1) Front cover - Xmas furlough
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| Blighty and Sea Pie > Blighty > Christmas, 1918 > (1) Front cover - Xmas furlough |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/91026995 |
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| Description | This cover illustration by Kay Edmunds, used for the Christmas edition of 'Blighty' magazine, shows a dashing young couple snuggled up against the winter chill. Both are wearing fur-trimmed coats and the man is in uniform. Although the contents of the magazine were always printed in black and white, the cover of 'Blighty' was a colourful feast for the eyes. This particular edition of the magazine was made up of contributions from soldiers and sailors serving in the war. Whilst the normal weekly issue was not entirely given over to servicemen, it usually included at least two pages of material entitled 'From the Fleet and the Trenches'. Although copies of 'Blighty' were freely distributed at the Front, by sending in a pound people could nominate a man at the Front to receive his very own personal copy. |
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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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