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(19) Page 29 - Comforter
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| Blighty and Sea Pie > Blighty > Christmas, 1917 > (19) Page 29 - Comforter |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74465642 |
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| Description | 'The Comforter', by Corporal J.C. Walker, Royal Engineers. This cartoon shows a young lady reassuring her fiancé that she will remain true to him regardless of when his next leave is. The caption reads: Kitty (encouragingly, to her intended about to return to the Front): "NOW, JIM, DO CHEER UP; YOUR LITTLE GIRL WILL BE TRUE TO YOU EVEN IF YOU DON'T GET LEAVE AGAIN FOR FIFTY YEARS". |
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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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