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(16) Page 25 - Who’s yer friend, mate - Joan of Arc?
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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/74466469
Description	By W. Smithson Broadhead, this cartoon shows a British soldier joking with a fellow soldier about a German prisoner who is under his supervision. The caption reads: 'Tommy (to Escort with prisoner wearing body shield): "WHO'S YER FRIEND, MATE - JOAN OF ARC?" / Escort: "DUNNO - BUT IF YOU'LL LEND ME A TIN OPENER, I'LL HAVE A LOOK AT ITS IDENTITY DISC."' These two British soldiers swap a joke concerning the body armour being worn by this captured German soldier. Unlike most of the contributors to 'Blighty', W. Smithson Broadhead was a professional commercial artist who also designed railway posters.

Form / genre:	Images > Pictures > Cartoons (commentary) Images > Pictures > Illustrations > Periodical Illustrations
Subject / content:	Body armor Helmets Military uniforms Prisoners of war Rifles (long guns)
Person / organisation:	Germany. Heer [Depicted] Great Britain. Army [Depicted] Broadhead, W. Smithson, 1888-1960 [Publisher]
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Christmas, 1917
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Dates / events:	1917 [Date published]
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Blighty
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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.
Shelfmark	6.84

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Periodicals
Dates / events:	1916-1920 [Date published] World War, 1914-1918 [Date/event in text]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place published]
Subject / content:	Humor
Person / organisation:	Walbrook & Co. [Printer] Walbrook & Co. [Publisher] Committee of Blighty [Publisher]
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Blighty and Sea Pie
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.