Picture No | 10837379 |
Date | 1918 |
Description | Anglo-Saxon by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon |
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"You're comin' along with me, my lad, as soon as this is over!" (Hermann feels he DOES know a better 'ole).
Cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander magazine showing his famous soldier character, Old Bill, in a shell hole with a German soldier who he threatens to take captive once the bombardment they are enduring is over. The joke is a version of Bairnsfather's own, most famous cartoon, 'The Better 'Ole'.
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Source | Illustration by Bruce Bairnsfather in 'The Bystander', 9 January 1918, page 77 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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