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Description'The Conscientious Leadswinger' by Private A.E. Bestall, A.S.C. This cartoon belongs to a set of three drawn by A. E. Bestall. Here, four men (two soldiers and two officers) are grouped round a table with a pile of money in front of one of the officers. They are surrounded by tents and one of the officers has a sheet of paper in his hands. The text reads: 'THE CONSCIENTIOUS LEADSWINGER WHO REFUSES HIS PAY WHENEVER HE THINKS HE HAS NOT EARNED IT'. 'Leadswinger' is slang for a skiver.
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DescriptionA 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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DescriptionEditions 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.