Bairnsfather's Christmas Truce, 1914
Posted on Monday 17th December 2012









Further Reading
In Search Of The Better 'Ole
(Hardback - 224 pages)
ISBN: 9780850527643
by Major and Mrs Holt
Only £19.95
Bruce Bairnsfather created one of the best-known cartoon characters of the First World War - 'Old Bill' and he drew what many consider to be the most enduring cartoon of all time - the 'Better Ole'.
Reprinted due to popular demand this biography was the first to be published about the man and his work.
During the First World War the contribution of Bairnsfather's work to the morale of the Nation, through laughter, is without question. Indeed these were those who thought he…
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Bairnsfather, Bullets and Billets
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