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CAMOUFLAGING THE COLONEL'S BREAKFAST

... . Luftwaffe or no Luftwaffe, the C.O. must have his breakfast, so under elaborate cover the regimental cooks get to work and, course by course, the meal, invisible from the air, is drawn over to its appointed end, starting with an egg PRAWN BY W. HEATH ROBINSON. ...

Published: Wednesday 08 October 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 50 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Cartoons  Graphic 

...AND THEN THE SOLDIER. NO. 5

... AND THEN THE SOLDIER. NO. 5. Our hardened, nimble and alert Army knows how to be gay as well as grim. These drawings by Sherriffs record some of the brighter angles of modern military life somewhere in England to-day. CARICATURES BY SHERRIFFS. ...

Published: Wednesday 05 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 42 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Cartoons  Graphic 

THE ROOF-RAISING DEFENCE TO DEFEAT DIVE-BOMBERS

... THE ROOF- RAISING DEFENCE TO DEFEAT DIVE-BOMBERS. W. Heath Robinson's latest device to defeat the dive-bombers is a roof-raising story By means of an ingenious system of cogs balloons and other lifting machinery, he believes that it will be possible completely to upset the dive-bomber pilots' calculations as to their height from the ground. DRAWN BY W. HEATH ROBINSON. ...

Published: Wednesday 30 July 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 59 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Cartoons  Graphic 

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... CHOCLIKS DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH! THIS AIN'T BENGHAZI! DRAWN BY FRANK REYNOLDS. ...

Published: Wednesday 05 March 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 12 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Comic strips  Graphic 

IN THE CAVALRY--NOW, NO. 1

... IN THE CAVALRY NOW. NO. 1. Artist Sherriffs is in the Army noiv, and in his spare time has been jotting down impressions of fellow-soldiers in the Boyal Armoured Corps, which takes the place of cavalry in modern warfare. CARICATURES BY SHERRIFFS. ...

Published: Wednesday 28 May 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 42 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Comic strips  Graphic 

THE NEW MAGNETIC LOCATOR IN ACTION

... . The design for this new magnetic locator for the detection of enemy bombers is Mr. W. Heath Robinson's latest contribution to home security. His spirited drawing sh(ncs it in actiorj. locating an enemy bomber sneaking over under cover of cloud. Note the elaborate camouflage. DRAWN BY W. HEATH ROBINSON. ...

Published: Wednesday 16 July 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 55 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Cartoons  Graphic 

WHITAKER'S ALMANACK, 1941

... The story of the 194 1 Whitaker, which is now on sale, is topical, exciting and typical of our times. First, publication of the new edition, with all the alterations necessitated by the war, was post poned until December 31 instead of its usual, earlier date, because bombs blasted the printers while the book was being machined and then, on December 29, the home from which the famous work of ...

Published: Wednesday 19 March 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 267 | Page: Page 30 | Tags: Graphic 

HOW OUR PARACHUTE TROOPS GOT BACK!

... L1 1 The thrilling news that Britain now possesses some highly trained Parachute troops was recently made public, after Mussolini had admitted that some of them had dropped from the skies in Italy. Here 's Heath Robinson's explanation of how these daring warriors get back to their aerial bases after having carried out their work of destruction on military objectives. DRAWN BY W. HEATH ROBINSON. ...

Published: Wednesday 05 March 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 71 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: Cartoons  Graphic 

FOUL TACTICS!

... W. Heath Robinson reports an example of enemy tacticst and reveals the secret of the capture of a boiling fowl by means of a skilfully executed pincer movement strongly supported by fighter aircraft. DRAWN BY W. HEATH ROBINSON. ...

Published: Wednesday 05 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 40 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Cartoons  Graphic 

AND THEN THE SOLDIER... NO. 3

... AND THEN THE SOLDIER NO. 3. The military life is very strenuous, as Sherriffs reports pictorially on this page of caricatures, but there are agreeable interludes-- in the canteen, for instance where light refreshment may he enjoyed. CARICATURES BY SHERRIFFS. ...

Published: Wednesday 08 October 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 40 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Comic strips  Graphic