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Where to Live by BairnsfatherWhere to Live - (Advt) A mock advertisement by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather offering a dug-out in a trench for let. Date: 1915
From Our Artist Correspondent, by BairnsfatherFrom Our Artist Correspondent at the Front " Dear Bystander, - We are at present staying at a farm..." A letter home gives a somewhat optimistic description of the locale
BairnsfatherlandBert: " Ere, ave a look at this photo of my bit ". Old Bill: " Hum! Yer likes em plain, I see" The work of Captain Bruce Bairnsfather is brought to life on the stage of
Curfew, by BairnsfatherCurfew What particularly annoys Lieut. Jones, R.F.A. (who thought he could get a better view from the Belfry) is that irritating prediction which keeps passing through his head
Alas! Poor Herr von Yorick!, by BairnsfatherAlas! Poor Herr von Yorick! Fricourt - July 1916 A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather on the cover of The Bystander 1916
Urgent, by BairnsfatherUrgent " Quick, afore this comes down!" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander 1916
Marylebone station BookstallThe Marylebone station Bookstall on the day that Captain Bruce Bairnsfathers More Fragments from France was launched 1916
St Pancras BookstallThe St Pancras station Bookstall on the day that Captain Bruce Bairnsfathers More Fragments from France was launched 1916
Kings Cross BookstallThe Kings Cross (main line) Bookstall on the day that Captain Bruce Bairnsfathers More Fragments from France was launched 1916
The Freedom of the Seas, by BairnsfatherThe Freedom of the Seas " I wish they d old this war in England, don t you, Bill?" (No answer) A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, featuring Old Bill and Bert 1916
Fragments Reach the Stage" Fragments" Reach the Stage A " Bairnsfather" duologue in " Half-Past Eight" Sketches of a scene from the revue, " Half-Past Eight" at the Comedy Theatre
The Weeks Fragment, by BairnsfatherThis Weeks " Fragment" Two Minds with but a Single Thought A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, featuring popular character Old Bill 1916
A Castle in the Air, by BairnsfatherA Castle in the Air " A few more, Bert, and that there Chateau won t be worth livin in" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander
Old Moore at the Front, by Bairnsfather" Old Moore" at the Front " As far as I can make out from this ere prophecy book, Bill, the seventh year is going to be the worst, and after that every fourteenth
Who d Have Thought It?, by BairnsfatherWho d Have Thought It? " Struth, Bert! Good Job we saw that notice!" A cartoon in The Bystander by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather
Under the Mistletoe Bough by Bruce BairnsfatherAs Old Bill said to himself, " Me and Maggie didn t arf ave a time this Christmas." Old Bill, the soldier character created by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander is pictured in
Recognised!, by Bairnsfather et alRecognised! " What the ell are they laughing at?" They have recognised him, and he has recognised that they have recognised him
Old Bill Bathes, by BairnsfatherOld Bill Bathes (- He has managed to snatch a few minutes at Casse-les-Bains after all) " Ere! you! allez vous ong! The blinkin seas quite rough enough without you muckin it about" A
Vindictive, eh?, by BairnsfatherVindictive, eh? " I wonder what they ll do with Old Bill when the wars over, Bert?" " I dunno; ave im filled with concrete and sunk somewhere
Old Bill as the Instructor of Youth, by BairnsfatherOld Bill as the Instructor of Youth " Don t you git pullin yer cigarette-card stuff off on me! What the ell do you know about istory
Temptation, by BairnsfatherTemptation A cartoon in The Bystander by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather. A hungry German imagines a dachshund turning into a sausage. Date: 1918
Aricias Laughing Maids, by BairnsfatherAricias Laughing Maids There are times when it is hard to keep ones attention fixed solely on the war A cartoon in The Bystander by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in his series on the Italian Front Date
Restraint on Anticipation, by BairnsfatherRestraint on Anticipation " I see as its security for the future we re a-fightin for, Alf" " A little o that on account, now, wouldn t be a bad idea
Circumstances Alter Cases, by BairnsfatherCircumstances Alter Cases Showing the value of locality in warfare A cartoon in The Bystander by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather illustrating the difference the location and context can make to an action
Hardly a Home from Home, by BairnsfatherHardly a " Home from Home" One of those days when you wonder whats going on in Boston, Mass. A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander
A Visit to the Alpini, by BairnsfatherA Visit to the Alpini Of course, when one has got a howitzer up into a position like this, there is not much chance of the enemy staying in the trench marked X - X A cartoon by Captain Bruce
The Raid, by BairnsfatherThe Raid " Bert! Its our officer!" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander. During a night raid, Old Bill and Bert discover the body of their comrade Date: 1918
The Recruiting Problem Solved, by BairnsfatherThe Recruiting Problem Solved " It strikes me, Bert, that if they combed this mud out they might get a few more men" A cartoon in The Bystander by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather featuring his
German Papers, Please Copy, by BairnsfatherGerman Papers, Please Copy He has left a good business in Boston, he has come 3, 000 miles, and - he has had six months of this! A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander
Perils of War, by BairnsfatherPerils of War - and Popularity Old Bill wishes now that he had never gone into that caf頯 n the Boulevard des Italiennes A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander featuring his
The Smoke of Battle, by BairnsfatherThe Smoke of Battle When rolling your Bull Durham, the most important thing is to keep the hands steady so that the tobacco lies evenly on the palm A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather in the Bystander
A Candid Communiqu鬠by BairnsfatherA Candid Communiqu駠 There is undoubtedly some enemy war news you can believe AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL: " We firmly held all the ground we took yesterday" A cartoon by Captain Bruce
Here They Are, by BairnsfatherHere They Are " This ere countrys a bit too - corrugated for me, Bert" A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander featuring his popular characters Old Bill
A Small Potato, by BairnsfatherA Small Potato " Whats that hat doin floatin round down there, sergeant?" " I think thats Private Murphy sittin down
The New Tenants Are Not Pleased, by BairnsfatherThe New Tenants Are Not Pleased " Wal, I guess, of all the _ _ billets, this durn pigstye is about the toughest proposition we ve _ " " Snakes! and heres the pig
A Tidy Job, by BairnsfatherA Tidy Job "s pose we ll ave to stop behind and tidy all this up when its over, Bert" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather featuring his popular characters, Old Bill and Bert Date: 1917
Oxford Theatre - The Better OleAptly, roadworks commissioned by the London County Council (LCC) are carried out in the road in front of the Oxford Theatre, on the corner of Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road, London
His Masters Voice, by BairnsfatherHis Masters Voice " What an ell of a mess you ve made of the name of William" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather featuring his popular character Old Bill at the bedside of an ailing
The Growth of Democracy, by BairnsfatherThe Growth of Democracy Colonel Sir Valtravers Plantagenet gladly accepts a light, during a slight lull in a barrage, from a private in the Benin Rifles
If, by BairnsfatherIF Old Bill Edited " The Bystander" " Ow the ell do ye spell Bairnsfather, Miss Clutterbuck?" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather which appeared in an issue of The Bystander
IF, by H. M. BatemanIF - Captain Bairnsfather had been in the Navy! In an issue of The Bystander themed on the word If, an H.M.Bateman cartoon imagines the type of characters that may have been created by Captain Bruce
IF Bairnsfather retired! by Dudley TennantIF Bairnsfather Retired! BERT: " What are we agoin to do nah?" OLD BILL: " Blinkin peace, I suppose! There ain t nothink else to do
In the Wings by Bruce BairnsfatherPeace still waiting in the wings at the British Empire, whilst the famous crosstalk comedians Conference Brothers present their latest and greatest absurdity - Versailles
19 ? by Bruce Bairnsfather19..? No! This isn t an air-raid bomb bother. Only his grandson Harold, aged eight, has just asked Old Bill what he did in the great war. Date: 1917
S Peace by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoonOld Bill, the soldier character created by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, finds himself, at long last, in civvies and contemplating, in astonishment, a world at peace. Date: 1919
Old Bill Presides at the International Preserves CommissionAs Amsterdam cable states that " Old Bill" is Acting President of the International Commission which is sitting at the " Hotel Terrific" Paris
A Fair Knock Out by Bruce BairnsfatherIt is doubtful whether Old Bill really has the physique for a big contest. Last week, in the first of forty-five rounds, he was knocked out by a clerk in the Pay Department at Paris Plage
The Interior of a Bolshevist YMCA hut by Bruce Bairnsfather(They are very much in need of funds). A YMCA hut, filled with drunken and rowdy Bolshevik Russians, as envisaged by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander. Date: 1919
