Old Bill Ww1 Cartoon Character

Old Bill Ww1 Cartoon Character Old Bill Fred J Carss Flickr Old bill (comics) old bill is a fictional character created in 1914–15 by cartoonist bruce bairnsfather. old bill was depicted as an elderly, pipe smoking british "tommy" with a walrus moustache. the character achieved a great deal of popularity during world war i where it was considered a major morale booster for the british troops. Photo of the author, 1918, by pirie macdonald. captain charles bruce bairnsfather (9 july 1887 – 29 september 1959) was a prominent british humorist and cartoonist. his best known cartoon character is old bill. bill and his pals bert and alf featured in bairnsfather's weekly "fragments from france" cartoons published weekly in the bystander.

World War One Comic Postcard Of Old Bill By Artist Bruce Bairnsfather A video about bruce bairnsfather. bairnsfather was the creator of 'old bill', the cartoon character who perhaps best illustrated the practical philosophy of. Bairnsfather, bruce (1888 – 1959) bruce bairnsfather original cartoon artwork. while on the western front, bruce bairnsfather drew pictures of trench life and in 1915 the bystander magazine began publishing his drawings. bairnsfather's work was popular with the soldiers in the trenches. in april 1915, bairnsfather was badly wounded by a shell. Captain bruce bairnsfather. (1887 1959) captain bruce bairnsfather became world famous during the first world war as creator of old bill, the walrus moustached old soldier who appeared in many of his “ fragments from france” cartoons depicting life at the front. published weekly in “the bystander” magazine from 1915 they caught the. 30th september 1917 an article was published in ” the weekly dispatch ” discovers the original of ”old bill” naming thomas henry rafferty as ‘old bill’. birmingham’s ‘old bill’ bairnsfather’s great war character who was once a tramway worker in the city. shows two pictures old bill as plain thomas rafferty then one as he was.