Picture No | 10719718 |
Date | 1915 |
Description | A Deep Question by Will Owen, WW1 cartoon |
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"Long Tom" (back from the front): Mud, my boy? Why it's up to one's neck!
The "Bantam": Whose neck?
Humorous cartoon by Will Owen showing a tall officer talking to a vertically challenged member of the Bantam Corps, battalions formed of shorter men. The bantam expresses concern at the depth of the mud in the trenches.
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Source | Illustration by Will Owen in The Sketch, 10 March 1915 |
Credit | (c) Illustrated London News/Mary Evans |
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