The Captain Bruce Bairnsfather Recognition Campaign
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Steve Douglas, Ypres, Belgium
11 years ago
He is owed a debt of gratitude if nothing else.
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Simon Jones
11 years ago
Bruce Bairnsfather was the only artists to appeal to both the men at the front and the civilians at home and as such is more representative of what soldiers really thought about the war than the most famous of the war poets. His work should be remembered and used to help in our understanding of this much-misunderstood conflict.
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Karen Moorhouse
11 years ago
To make people laugh, especially in challenging circumstances, is a great skill and very rare!
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Tim Fox-Godden
11 years ago
Bruce Bairnsfather's cartoon s help to convey the evryman humour of the trenches & continues to be an inspiration. He deserves to be recognised fro both his art & his impact on the morale of the country during The Great War. A noble cause indeed.
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Tonie and Valmai Holt
· petition starter
11 years ago
Dear S J Lang Thankyou so much for telling us about your wonderful memories. There can be no better evidence of the power of Bairnsfather's humour.
More stories please!
Tonie and Valmai
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Frans Ammerlaan
11 years ago
Take a few moments to look up the pic's you can find on the internet and you will not oonly be amazed but also will understand why !!!
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S J Lang
11 years ago
'"And to think the same dear moon is shining down on him..." "That b.... moon will be the death of me!"' I was introduced to Bairnsfather at an early age when one of my grandmothers used to describe the cartoons to me. Lo and behold, when my other grandmother died, among her possessions were two books of Bairnsfather cartoons! Bliss. It is certainly time he received recognition for his morale-boosting powers.
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Taff Gillingham
11 years ago
For all he did for Bill, Bert & Alf who sat in the mud with him...
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R STailyour
11 years ago
Lom
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Pete Whitley
11 years ago
I wouldrather see Bruce get recognition than any of todays modern celebrities!
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Chris Smith
11 years ago
recognition long over due
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Tonie and Valmai Holt
· petition starter
11 years ago
General Patton wasn't exactly a fan because of the way that BB made fun of the Establishment just as Bill Mauldin did. He told Mauldin that he didn't like his work and that he didn't like Bairnsfather either. So thanks!
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Tonie and Valmai Holt
· petition starter
11 years ago
Janet how marvellous to hear from the USA
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Tonie and Valmai Holt
· petition starter
11 years ago
Thankyou Jak
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Tonie and Valmai Holt
· petition starter
11 years ago
Thankyou General. Yes we must not forget his work in WW2 particularly for the Mighty Eighth who we now understand are trying to collect their old nose art of which BB did a lot including the splendid Old Bill which one of the crew or his family still have.
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Sandra Hands
11 years ago
I just love his work and can imagine what a morale booster it must have been.
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Dan McCarthy
11 years ago
Greetings to "ole Bill" from the USA!
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Janet Linhart
11 years ago
USA
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Jak P. Mallmann Showell
11 years ago
People like this must not be forgotten.
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MG Thomas P. Jones, USA, Ret.
11 years ago
By all means let us acknowledge his contribution in both WW I & WW II.
He is owed a debt of gratitude if nothing else.
Bruce Bairnsfather was the only artists to appeal to both the men at the front and the civilians at home and as such is more representative of what soldiers really thought about the war than the most famous of the war poets. His work should be remembered and used to help in our understanding of this much-misunderstood conflict.
To make people laugh, especially in challenging circumstances, is a great skill and very rare!
Bruce Bairnsfather's cartoon s help to convey the evryman humour of the trenches & continues to be an inspiration. He deserves to be recognised fro both his art & his impact on the morale of the country during The Great War. A noble cause indeed.
Dear S J Lang Thankyou so much for telling us about your wonderful memories. There can be no better evidence of the power of Bairnsfather's humour. More stories please! Tonie and Valmai
Take a few moments to look up the pic's you can find on the internet and you will not oonly be amazed but also will understand why !!!
'"And to think the same dear moon is shining down on him..." "That b.... moon will be the death of me!"' I was introduced to Bairnsfather at an early age when one of my grandmothers used to describe the cartoons to me. Lo and behold, when my other grandmother died, among her possessions were two books of Bairnsfather cartoons! Bliss. It is certainly time he received recognition for his morale-boosting powers.
For all he did for Bill, Bert & Alf who sat in the mud with him...
Lom
I wouldrather see Bruce get recognition than any of todays modern celebrities!
recognition long over due
General Patton wasn't exactly a fan because of the way that BB made fun of the Establishment just as Bill Mauldin did. He told Mauldin that he didn't like his work and that he didn't like Bairnsfather either. So thanks!
Janet how marvellous to hear from the USA
Thankyou Jak
Thankyou General. Yes we must not forget his work in WW2 particularly for the Mighty Eighth who we now understand are trying to collect their old nose art of which BB did a lot including the splendid Old Bill which one of the crew or his family still have.
I just love his work and can imagine what a morale booster it must have been.
Greetings to "ole Bill" from the USA!
USA
People like this must not be forgotten.
By all means let us acknowledge his contribution in both WW I & WW II.