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(19) Page 49 - Side lights on the war
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| Blighty and Sea Pie > Blighty > Christmas, 1918 > (19) Page 49 - Side lights on the war |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74465198 |
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| Description | This series of cartoons, by J.M. Noble, is entitled 'SIDE LIGHTS ON THE WAR', and subtitled 'RANDOM NOTES FROM A BASE TOWN'. Each of the eight illustrations offers a witty variation on a typical scenario in a day in the life of an army base. These scenarios include 'An Observation Post', where the officers on duty are 'observing' attractive women instead of the enemy, and 'Some Luggage', where an officer barks orders at a private struggling under the weight of an impossibly heavy pack. The signature on this cartoon identifies the artist, J.M. Noble, as a member of the R.A.F. 'Blighty' magazine, in which the cartoon was originally published, was largely made up of contributions from British servicemen. Magazines were also produced by British prisoners of war in camps such as Doeberitz and Ruhleben. |
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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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