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Old Bill

... wasn't the man as invented the tanks, It wasn't the grip that we 'ad on the sea Itwas Captain Bairnsfather and Old Bill that's me. When old Kaiser Willie first ran to the Dutch Because he did not like Berlin very much, He put in his overtime ridin' on ...

Published: Wednesday 12 March 1919
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 339 | Page: 24 | Tags: Poem 

Old Bill in Messpot

... Old Bill in Messpot. Old Bill has appeared in many places outside the pages of The Bystander. Here he is in Mesopotamia, impersonated by a leading member of The Nobodies Concert Party, to the infinite cheering (and cheering-up) of the forces in ...

Published: Wednesday 27 March 1918
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 53 | Page: 20 | Tags: Photographs 

Old Bill and Co

... Old Bill arid Co. By Bruce Bairnsfather Have they gone yet By Bruce Bairnsfather ...

Published: Wednesday 25 September 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 14 | Page: 21 | Tags: Illustrations 

Old Bill Again

... Old Bill Again: By Capt. Bruce Bairnsfather What's his name, Missus? Crisis Chamberlain Peace By Capt. Bruce Bairnsfather ...

Published: Wednesday 16 November 1938
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 18 | Page: 7 | Tags: Illustrations 

Old Bill and Co

... Old Bill and Co. By Bruce Bairnsfather If yer asks me, sergeant, one more battle around 'ere, and this road won't be worth mendin' By Bruce Bairnsfather ...

Published: Wednesday 26 June 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 27 | Page: 15 | Tags: Illustrations 

Old Bill and the Legion

... Old Bill and the Legion Yes, Bert, I 'm goin' to see that everyone who wants to finds a better ole Specially drawn for the Bystander by Bruce Bairnsfather ...

Published: Wednesday 12 October 1938
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 29 | Page: 10 | Tags: Illustrations 

Old Bill Again

... Old Bill Again By Capt. Bruce Bairnsfather Nothin' like 'avin' a bit o real old Christmas feelin 'around yer work as well as at ome Capt. Bruce Bairnsfather ...

Published: Wednesday 21 December 1938
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 28 | Page: 17 | Tags: Illustrations 

Old Bill and Co

... Old Bill and Co. By Bruce Bairnsfather All right! Let 'em 'ave the French ports for a bit, but what 'ave they done to our lines o' communication Nothin' By Bruce Bairnsfather ...

Published: Wednesday 30 October 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 32 | Page: 22 | Tags: Photographs 

Old Bill Bathes

... Old Bill Bathes He has managed to snatch a few minutes at Casse-les-Bains after all) 'Tire! you! allez vous ong The blinkin sea's quite rough enough without ycu niuckin' it about BY CAPTAIN BRUCE BAIRNSFATHER PASSED BY CENSOR ...

Published: Wednesday 19 June 1918
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 38 | Page: 11 | Tags: Illustrations 

Old Bill, M.P

... evening dress with a very red handkerchief tucked in the opening of his waistcoat, who obliged with a fine old sentimental song in honour of Old Bill's selection as candidate for Parliament. Mr. J P. Kennedy had a difficult part as the miners' delegate with ...

Published: Wednesday 17 May 1922
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1329 | Page: 56 | Tags: Review 

The Real Old Bill

... Vhe %eal Old gill I EVER since Captain Bairnsfather's Old Bill became a world-wide celebrity of such importance as to convey the impression that this is really his war, THE BYSTANDER has been inun dated with fantastic claims from fine old British soldiers ...

Published: Wednesday 13 November 1918
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 658 | Page: 20 | Tags: Illustrations 

Old Bill and Co

... Old Bill and Co. By Bruce Bairnsfather 'Bye, Maggie. I've just been ordered off to the Front! The Middle East. You know, Clacton-on-Sea By Bruce Bairnsfather ...

Published: Wednesday 24 July 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 26 | Page: 22 | Tags: Illustrations