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| Blighty and Sea Pie > Sea-Pie > June 1917 > (6) Page 15 - Blockader |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74465576 |
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| Description | Blockader' by Bert Thomas. This cartoon depicts a smirking British army private, with a bayonet fixed to his rifle. He is marching past a disgruntled looking British naval rating smoking a pipe. The caption reads: 'THE BLOCKADER: "Orl right, Cocky, if you do get most of the scrapping, you needn't swank."' Here, the 'blockader' is probably supposed to be a sailor who took part in the Allied blockade of supply routes to German ports. The blockade lasted throughout World War I, and despite the heavy losses sustained by Allied ships due to German U-boat attacks, it was ultimately successful in forcing Germany into an economic crisis that made the war unsustainable. It could be argued that this was as important a factor in the ultimate Allied victory as the long war on the Western Front. |
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| Description | 'Sea-Pie' magazine was founded to raise funds for authorised naval charities. The first issue appeared on 23 June 1917, priced one shilling. The magazine typically contained short stories, poems, cartoons, and paintings and drawings, often on a nautical theme. |
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| Shelfmark | 6.88 |
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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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