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Bystander cover - Derby scheme attesting BairnsfatherFront cover of The Bystander magazine featuring an illustration by Fred Buchanan which is a pastiche of Bruce Bairnsfathers famous The Better Ole cartoon (in the same magazine)
Bystander cover-Derby schemeAn illustration showing the number of men attested in 1916 for the volunteer (Derby) scheme to encourage military recruitment
The Bairnsfather Jig-saw Puzzle ( BYSTANDER ) - Dear. we are staying at a Farm. The Chandos Jig-saws - Series A1. Puzzles & Games
That evening star-shell - BairnsfatherCartoon, That evening star-shell. Oh, star of eve, whose tender beam falls on my spirits troubled dream. From Fragments from France - No. 5, published by The Bystander in 1916
Cartoon, Keeping his hand in, WW1Cartoon, Keeping his hand in. The professional instinct again. Private Smith, the company bomber (formerly Shinio, the popular juggler), frequently causes considerable anxiety to his platoon
Cartoon, I m sure they ll ear this damn thing squeaking. From Fragments from France - No. 2, published by The Bystander in 1916
Cartoon, No possible doubt whatever, WW1Cartoon, No possible doubt whatever. Sentry Alt ! Who goes there? He of the bundle You shut yer mouth, or I ll come and knock yer ead off. Sentry Pass friend! From Fragments from France - No
Unappetising Moments, WW1Unappetising - Moments when the Savoy, the Alhambra and the Piccadilly Grill seem very far away (the offensive starts in half an hour). Bystander, Fragments from France - No. 4, Page 22
The Bystander on HMS Vigilant, WW1A snapshot of the mascot of H.M.S. " Vigilant, " a chameleon, endeavouring to adapt the colour of his skin to the variegated hues of the cover of The Bystander magazine
Officers with hat of a conscientious objector, WW1Page from The Bystander showing two officers holding the battered remnants of a bowler hat belonging to a peace crank orator in Trafalgar Square, London
Bystander Jigsaw By Capt. Bruce BairnsfatherThe Bystander Jigsaw by Capt. Bruce Bairnsfather. Now where does this blinkin bit go?. Puzzle picture is That Evening Star-shell. (5/5) Date: circa 1917
Bystander cover, Anthony Wilding & Arthur Balfour tennisThe Rt. Hon. Arthur Balfour and Mr Anthony (Tony) Frederick Wilding, four-times Wimbledon tennis champion, pictured as doubles partners in a friendly match on Centre Court at Wimbledon in July 1917
Bruce BairnsfatherCaptain Bruce Bairnsfather (1888 - 1959), British soldier, artist and cartoonist. Best known for creating " Old Bill" during World War I for The Bystander magazine. Date: 1917
Those &%$* Mouth-Organs by Bruce BairnsfatherThose --- Mouth-Organs " Keep away from the ive, Bert; es goin to sting yer!" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1917
Getting the Local Colour by Bruce BairnsfatherGetting the Local Colour In that rare and elusive period known as " Leave" it is necessary to reconstruct the " atmosphere" of the front as far as possible in order to produce
Overheard in an Orchard by Bruce BairnsfatherOverheard in an Orchard Said the Apple to the Plum: " Well, anyway, old man, they can never ask us what we did in the great war
On the Leave Train by Bruce BairnsfatherOn the " Leave" Train You will never quite realise how closely we are bound to our French ally until you have had the good fortune to travel on one of those " leave" trains - six
This Weeks Fragment by Bruce BairnsfatherThis Weeks Fragment " Under the spreading chestnut tree the village smithy stands" In a rather sombre Bruce Bairnsfather illustration, a bombed out smithy is stood, crumbling
In Dixie-Land by Bruce BairnsfatherIn Dixie-Land " Well Friday - ows Crusoe" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1916
Augusts Three by Bruce BairnsfatherAugusts Three To Each Year its Type A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1916
Christmas Day, 1915 by BairnsfatherChristmas Day, 1915 How It Will Dawn for Many A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1915
The Professional Touch by BairnsfatherThe Professional Touch " Chuck us out that bag o bombs, mate; its under your ead" A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1916
Observation by BairnsfatherObservation " Ave a squint through these ere Bill, you can see one of the -----s eatin a sausage as clear as anythin " A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather featuring Old Bill on observation
A Matter of Moment by BairnsfatherA Matter of Moment " What was that, Bill?" " Trench mortar" " Ours or theirs?" A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, featuring his popular characters
Happy Memories of the Zoo by BairnsfatherHappy Memories of the Zoo " What time do they feed the se-lions, Alf?" A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1916
S. O. S. by BairnsfatherS.O.S. The Hard Lines of Communication A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, in which two soldiers under heavy bombardment talk over the trench communication line
His Dual Obsession by BairnsfatherHis Dual Obsession Owing to the frequent recurrence of this dream, Herr Fritz von Lagerschifter has decided to take his friends advice
Start an Offensive on Ones Own by BairnsfatherHumours from the Front - No 33 When One Would Like to Start an Offensive on Ones Own Recipe for feeling like this - Bully, biscuits, no coke
Bystander masthead 1922Masthead design for The Bystander magazine showing fashionably dressed people braving the blustery spring weather. Date: 1922
Our Late Enemy by H. L. OakleySilhouette showing various German types by Captain H. L. Oakley, who provided illustrations to accompany the regular Bystander in Occupation column
Old Bill lookalikeMr Samuel Birkenshaw, of 123, Eldon Street, Oldham, the winner of an Old Bill lookalike competition run by The Bystander. Old Bill was the central cartoon character created by Captain Bruce
The Better Ole as a Film Play, 1918Scenes from the film version of The Better Ole, a 1918 Welsh Pearson film based the cartoons of trench life by Bruce Bairnsfather published in The Bystander magazine
Helen McKiePortrait of Helen McKie (1889-1957), artist and illustrator who worked for The Bystander and The Graphic magazines through the First World War and the 1920s
The Bystander in Occupation illustrated by H. L. OakleyA page showing The Bystander magazines regular column in 1919 - The Bystander in Occupation - reporting on news from occupied Germany in the aftermath of World War One
Another Secret out - Old Bill in camouflage, Bystander coverFront cover of The Bystander featuring Old Bill, the cartoon soldier character created by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, attired in a uniform of dazzle camouflage. The caption reads, Another secret out
My Hat! by Bruce BairnsfatherHow a tin hat feels before battle...and during. Humorous cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander. 1916
The Bystander being read in a British trenchA sentry keeps watch in a British trench while his comrade spends his turn off duty reading a copy of the Bystander, the latest issue of this journal
Mlle. Edmee Dormeuil in the Better OleEdmee Dormeuil, French actress and star of The Better Ole, the musical play based on the cartoons of Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander
Bairnsfather on leave by Marcel PoncinThe Face at the Window. A humorous, and entirely imaginative, drawing of Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, famous soldier cartoonist and creator of Fragments from France
Captain Bruce BairnsfatherA snapshot by an American officer somewhere in France of Captain Bruce Bairnsfather (1888-1959), soldier cartoonist and creator of the Old Bill character
Kensitas cigarettes advert featuring Old BillWorld War One advertisement for Kensitas cigarettes featuring the character Old Bill, from the Bystander cartoons by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather
The Better Ole at the Oxford Theatre Arthur BourchierArthur Bourchier (1863-1927), English actor, pictured in the role of Old Bill in The Better Ole, at the Oxford Theatre London in 1917
A Poet in Khaki - Edmund JohnPrivate Edmund John (1883-1917), poet and soldier in the Artists Rifles during World War One. Photograph featured in The Bystander at the time his new book of poems
The Better Ole at the Oxford Theatre in 1917Sketches taken from the musical The Better Ole by Bystander cartoonist Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, staged at the Oxford Theatre (formerly the Oxford Musical Hall)
Stunts silhouetted by H. L. OakleyA page of silhouettes by Captain H. L. Oakley published in The Bystander depicting the trials and tribulations of a billeting officer
Bruce Bairnsfather. Harry Thurston as Old Bill at the PallaHarry Thurston in the role of Old Bill, the curmudgeonly World War One soldier created by artist Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, drawing crowded houses at the Palladium in 1917
What to do with our War PostersA humorous cartoon from The Bystander by Alick P. F Ritchie offering suggestions about what to do with discarded war posters
Lady Drogheda and sonLady Drogheda and her son Viscount Moore, aged three years and five months, at the Knole Park wedding of Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West
