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TO END ALL WARS The Graphic Anthology of The First World War

Introduction by Pat Mills Edited by Jonathan Clode John Stuart Clark

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LONDON UK

To End All Wars

The Graphic Anthology of the First World War

Edited by Jonathan Clode & John Stuart Clark Introduction by Pat Mills

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Table of Contents Cover

Illustrated by Elizabeth Waterhouse

End Pages

Illustrated by Bern Campbell

Introduction

Written by Pat Mills

6

Dedication

Illustrated by Brick

13

The Iron Dice

Written and illustrated by Brick 15

Kapitan Fritz’s Day Trip to Yarmouth

Written by Michael Crouch 29

Illustrated by Shawn Wagner The Coward’s War Written by Jonathan Clode 39 Illustrated by Matt Soffe The Bitter Harvest

Written by Steve Earles 49 Illustrated by Johnnny McMonagle

Bottomley – Brand of Britain

Written by Andy Luke 59 Illustrated by Ruairi Coleman

Every Man For Himself

Written by Chris Colley 69 Illustrated by Patrick Walsh

Between the Darkness

Written by Petri Hänninen 82 Illustrated by Neil McClements

The Legend of the Leaning Virgin

Written by Lotte Grünseid 94

Illustrated by Jenny Linn-Cole Allies of Reason

Written and illustrated by S Martin 110

Only Remember

Written by Faye Turner & Chris Colley 124 Illustrated by Jessica Martin & John Maybury

Il Gatto

Written and illustrated by Stuart Richards

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The Final Confession of Madame MacLeod

Written by Susan Wallis 146

Illustrated by Ezequiel Rosingana

Live and Let Live

Written by Sean Michael Wilson 156 Illustrated by Christopher Martinez

The Orderly

Written and illustrated by Rebecca Burgess

Truth Be Told

Written by Pippa Hennessy 176 Illustrated by Danos Philopoulos

Dead in the Water

Written by Ian Douglas 188 Illustrated by Stjepan Mihaljevic

Where Others Follow

Written by Dan Hill 208 Illustrated by Todor Hristov

Go Home And Sit Still

Written by Selina Lock 214 Illustrated by Arthur Goodman

No More Than Cattle

Written by Colm Regan 229 Illustrated by Mike-Lito

The Hunter

Written by Sean Fahey 241 Illustrated by Borch Penya

Mud, Lice and Vice

Written and illustrated by Gary and Warren Pleece 252

The Black Chair

Written by Jonathan Clode 265 Illustrated by Catherine Pape

The Stainless Steel Elephant

Written by Russell Wall & James Guy 278 Illustrated by Ariela Rie Kristantina

The Angel and the Hound

Written by Lex Wilson Illustrated by Robert Brown

Die And Become

Written by John Stuart Clark 307 Illustrated by Sarah Jones

Poppies

Illustrated by Kate Houghton

322

Memorials to the Mothers

Written by Joe Gordon Illustrated by Kate Charlesworth

323

Acknowledgements

Illustrated by Bern Campbell

327

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Introduction Pat Mills

This anthology you have in your hands is an important one because comics are one of the few media voices the establishment has yet to muzzle, doubtless because they think they don’t matter. It’s how a series like Charley’s War managed to slip under the wire and spread its anti-war message to a young mass audience in the UK. Today the series is also reaching a new audience in France, where there is a huge appetite for comic interpretations of the war. In fact, inspired by the work of the great Tardi, a new generation of young artists and writers there have produced several beautiful graphic novel series on the conflict. I like to think that this anthology could be the launch pad for British creators to produce similar books. Certainly I found these stories heartfelt, passionate, clever, controversial, thoughtprovoking, original and often crying out for sequels. I could sense that many writers and artists were sharpening their claws for the first time and would love to see how they develop.

I know, as an editor, just how difficult it is to collect and select stories and writers, and marry them up to the right artists. It is rare to achieve this successfully in Britain today, and rarer still to produce an anti-war collection with such disparate, talented but connected voices.

Bravo!

This anthology is important because A Very British Lie is currently being perpetrated about World War One. In summary, the Sandhurst-trained revisionists are rewriting history in the most outrageous way to claim that ‘sacrifices’ like the Somme were necessary to help Field Marshal Haig win the war; even though Britain’s Daily Telegraph itself admits, “what a terrible shame it was that Haig’s progress along his learning curve had to be greased by such deep floods of blood.” ‘Sacrifice’ seems to be the buzzword chosen by Whitehall’s spindoctors, whose mouthpieces dutifully talk about a noble sacrifice and a just war. Meanwhile the BBC’s line in recent commemorative documentaries is that Britain had to fight for freedom against a Germany hell-bent on world conquest. (Britain mobilized one week before Germany invaded Belgium, which had long been in a secret military alliance with France and Britain.)

Apart from making people feel helpless in the face of overwhelming forces – an objective in itself – another motive in legitimizing the ‘Great War’ is so no one asks awkward questions about their subsequent dubious conflicts in World War Two, Korea, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Equally important is the need to train the public in how they should behave in wartime: stiff upper lip and the spirit of the Blitz (the making of the British character, according to the BBC). All this is essential because beneath the flimflam lies Britain’s key role, then and now, as a leading arms exporter. War is extremely profitable. Follow the money.

Here is a quick guide to some of the ways the establishment avoids dissent and genuine debate about the ‘War To End All Wars’: *Claims The Monocled Mutineer, by William Allison & John Fairley, which depicts a major mutiny by British soldiers in WW1, is an unsourced work of fiction. Not true: it was authoritatively sourced and anything but fiction. The Alan Bleasdale TV adaptation caused a furor among Tory MPs and in the press, where it was branded ‘a tissue of lies’ grossly exaggerating ‘a little disrespect to officers’. *Ignores the shocking new revelation in the 2014 version of Oh, What A Lovely War! that Britain was trading weapons extensively with Germany during the war, and kept the war going for profit. Also ignores how this supposedly irrelevant musical for the Vietnam War generation still plays to packed audiences, young and old. *Ignores a senior German diplomat who was dismayed recently to find that a key commemoration ceremony would not be in a spirit of reconciliation but rather in one of British jingoism, with Germany still portrayed as the aggressor. You won’t find that reported in our supposedly free media. *Has a media blackout on books such as Hidden History by Gerry Docherty and Jim Macgregor, who set out an authoritative and overwhelming case for Britain being responsible for World War One, not Germany. Their book is an absolute essential for anyone who wants to follow up on Brick’s Iron Dice in this anthology. It is the story many of us sensed was the truth, rather than the ludicrous version they still pump out in schools. A few years ago Robert Newman’s hilarious History of Oil (available on YouTube) came close to the truth, but Hidden History goes much further and fully reveals the establishment’s lies, at last. Don’t read it if you need to keep the ground firmly beneath your feet.

*Ignores the words of the last British Tommy, Harry Patch, who died recently and described the war as ‘organized murder’. When he was asked what advice he would give young men today, he responded, “Don’t join the army.” His reply was whooshed.

As Patch calls it murder, I refer to those responsible as murderers and in the case of Haig, as an organized serial killer. Any other description is to accept the spin-doctors’ highly effective and contagious cognitive dissonance that still deludes so many of us.

This startling and dramatic graphic collection of stories provides an alternative voice. The most important is Brick’s war crimes tribunal story, a passionate and necessary search for justice with the Good Soldier Svejk as the inquisitor! What an excellent choice, and how gratifying to see the quintessential common man challenging his ‘superiors’. It’s also a valuable and cathartic image to see the leaders in the dock at The Hague. Let us hope one day it will be a reality for the recently retired world leaders who took their countries into war on the back of lies and subterfuge, but until our British war criminals – Haig, Grey, Lloyd George and more – have been publicly exposed and shamed, and their portraits turned to the wall, the psychic burden remains concealed and festering in our national psyche.

We subconsciously crave for the true and still missing explanation of why this war really happened so we can have closure, which is why The Iron Dice story has such power.

The research on the stories looks excellent to me, particularly the impeccable work by Irish writer Steve Earles on his excellent and very moving Bitter Harvest. I am also very impressed

by Dead in the Water. The artist and writer have achieved the impossible: they’ve made a ship story work in comics! That’s a first, believe me! And it was valuable to see stories about the questionable role of the media and Bottomley, World War One’s Robert Maxwell. If there is a volume two, I would love to see a story about the British spin doctor of this era, who simply made up the story of the Kaiser calling the British a ‘contemptible little army’, as well as those lies about the British at Mons firing as fast as machine guns. Mud, Lice and Vice is very brave to cover sexual disease. Another taboo subject for next time would be those ‘Forced March’ cocaine tablets officially but secretly given to the troops on both sides, leaving behind an unacknowledged post-war generation of addicts, their lives wrecked by the British Empire’s greed for power.

I am also delighted to see so many stories about the African, French and German soldiers, rather than the parochial, pseudo-patriotic norm where war is a strictly British activity. We really need more stories like these to enhance the spirit of reconciliation that should be the guiding light of this centenary, especially at a time when the German war dead on the Western Front are still not accorded the same burial rights as the Allied war dead. Death is not the great equalizer it should be, and it is sad but not surprising therefore that Germans do not visit their war dead in the same numbers as people from other countries.

Currently, we are fed the spin-doctors’ version of legalized mass murder, legitimized as ‘heroic sacrifice’ with challenging, embarrassing or difficult facts whitewashed from the record. I hope this collection will help to counteract their lies and commemorate the centenary as an opportunity for reconciliation and a search for the truth.

Pat Mills March 2014

Pat Mills is the writer of Charley’s War, a ten volume anti-war graphic novel series drawn by Joe Colquohoun, published by Titan Books. He also adapted the poem Dead Man’s Dump with artist David Hitchcock for Above the Dreamless Dead, a graphic interpretation of the poetry of the conflict, published by First Second Books. He is currently writing a new WW1 graphic novel series, Brothers in Arms, illustrated by David Hitchcock.

Dedicated to the 16.5 million whose lives were sacrificed to political expediency.

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HE: HAO INOUl...GE:O IN NUME:ROUS CORPOAAfe: ANO PUBl...IC FAAUOS SPANNING FOR'IY Ye:ARS. 1, WHO srooo BY rHE: BOYS IN rHE: rRE:NCHE:S ANO WAS rHE: KING'S OWN RE:CRUITING AGE:Nr!

HOWEM:R, PUBl...ICl'IY ABOUr rHE: CASE: BROUGHr our PURCHASE:RS WHO HAO Nor RE:CE:M:O BONDS, HAO BE:E:N IGNORE:O, OR HAO BE:E:N ASKE:O FOR MORE: MONE:Y.

He: succe:ssFUL..l...Y oe:Fe:Noe:o HIMSE:l...F IN COURT MANY rlME:S. rHE: .JUDGE'S WE'RE: rAKE:N WlrH HIS E:l...OQUE:NCE:, Wlr ANO KNOWl...E:OGE: OF THE: l...AW.

CAN YOU BE:t..IEM: THAT At..t.. THE: TIME: I WAS SCHE:MING TO ROB THE:M AND THE'IR FAMlt..IE:S OF GOt..D?

rHArSWORO WOUl...O DROP FROM 1rs SCABBARD IF YOU GAVE: A Ye:ROICroF GUii-TY AGAINSrME:!

rHE: PUBl...IC'S 1...ove: FOR HIM E:NCOUAAGE:O E:VE:N rHOSE: He: SWINOl...E:O ro FORGIVE: HIM.

HIS Asse:rs we:Re: se:1ze:o; BUSINE:sse:s ANO HOME'S l...IQUIOAfe:O ANO PUr ON rHE: MARKE:r. BOTTOMl...E:Y l...E:Fr PRISON A Pe:NNl1...E:SS SHADOW OF rHE: MAN HE: HAO ONCE: BE:E:N.

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ol <Onlitl<j l><>ck QI;..;?

I dldn'1 rl$1c rY>J nttf:. OU! in An:lbit:l

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1he locols lhlol: Ifs

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sweatin9 fee\ "Land of sand a~dcamel mea\ Gyppc 9uts an Tommi/s hell, Johnnl/s ':::~rds fare Land thee we111â&#x20AC;˘

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took a hea1'Y list to port.."

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"With the salvage crew onboard, S.S. Penfold was brought safely into Plymouth about rnidnigbL"

It is difficult 10 believe ttlc:lt officers of standing in 111e merchal11 service unite 10 co11COc1 stories of lost effects, in order fraucMel11hJ to rueive remul1el'ation...

As for the Master, 111e C.Ommiltee consider his conduct to be hiqhl11 unsatisfactonJ

But 111ere is simpl11 no evidence on which compensation ca.n be made.

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I'm still deaf in one ear! I'm out of poclcet for an entire wardrobe - 111ere'5

your mo111h'5 salary..

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Well, I've no time to 90 into that now! We can promote the Scot

at sea.

"Where the devil could he have 90t to?'

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Talahoo, talahoo!

Talahoo, talahoo!

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Moments 1ater...

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IT'5 LIKE THEY KNOVV WHEl<'E WE Al<'E.

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HE'D HAVE CIJT Ht5 OWN LEG5 ~ l<'ATHEI<' THAN LIVE IN A lll&IOt..

IN SOIL.

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WHAT S"TUPIC'ITYI WE COMPt.AIM WHEN THE Ga<'MANS COME

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WE STEAL OTHEI<' PEOPLE'S 1.ANC", THEN EXPECT THEii<' CHILDl<'Ei-l TO FIGHT F'OK' L>5!

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50/?T OF l?EPLJB/.IOW ME YOl.J? IT'5 Ot.Jl7 17/.JTY A5 /:'/7ENCHMEN TO MPJ?OW: THE WOR'LP, WH~ WEGO!

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THOIJGHT ALL THE F-FIGHTING WA'5 OUT

™-™EllEI

LOOKS LIKE THE MAJO'f2'5 MA,\IAGEO TO PK'E55 GA."6 5~ AK'SEHOLES l='l<'OM NO. 3 COMPA.W OtJT OJ:' THEIK' B605.

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I 00," 'T l='EEL GIJILTY. THEY PK'OMl5EO IJ5 A BATTLE TO ENO THE W~ , TOLC7 IJ5 WE'C7 8E PK'OLJO OF OIJK'5ELVE5 AGAIN, ANC7 THEY UW. FEC7 IJ5 Fl85 Faw' YEAK'5.

I 5AIC7 TO THE MA:JOW'... I T-TOLC7 HIMTHEY'l<'E *NOT GOING IN TO TH-THAT AGAIN. THEY AK'E NOT. I W-WON'T LEAC7 M- MY MEN INTO THAT AGAIN... YOIJ CAlltT MAKE NC. :IT-IT'5 NOT K'IGHT.

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Well, never mind _family, Geor~(fe Boy. The 'ole ne;ght:x?urhood' II ae Singin' your praises! The column inches we' II ~e gett;;n'...

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Christopher & Faye Colley Art : Jessica Martin & John Maybury Lellering:

Brick

See if you can Find

Georpes

death in a roll of honour

somewf1ere online. I'll QC>

ask t:tre Oecil:>ei

PoUceaoout regimental

histories.

Knowanyt:hing 8/:>0ut Georpes unit?

No word

Well I 68YG t:tiree - t:tiese t>lokes were giants...

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eo your chest;. Worden.

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What: was the c/at:e )IOU got" from the Commonwealth WarCravQG

,__eo ~ mm1661 on~ ?

'I raid on German ._ lines near La Vacquerie...•

They really Just: fool< fi/«3

I dorft" know. you think you'd l><l al>fe to

normal Fields now. dorft: they?

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lHEIR Not: like

tltat:. I mean we' re Gurrounded oY ~em. oY all ~ men who died on t:17B Wes~ Front:.

NAMt ll\'[lH

f C)R EVERN<:!lE

You know. we' re

prol:>at>ly ~ First: family memt:>erG Wh<:lve l:>een at>le to viGit: - to sse his name.

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EVERY TIME I WAS TOtO TO N::r LIKE A RESPECTABl.E ORDINARY

"MY MOTHER HATa> HOW MY FATHER

WOMAN, I WOOLO HEAR PAPA'S

SPOtl.£0 ME. BUT THAT S HOW FATHERS SHOULD 8E WITH THEIR LITTLE GIRLS."

VOICE IN MY' HEAD. ..M'CiRfET,

YOU WlLL HOLD THE WORLD IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND ONE DAY."

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'"THEY SAID HE CONTRACTED

Sl'l'MIUS FROM US, BUT HE W/>S POISONED BY M'f HUS&ANO'S

ENEMIES. I IQJ.OW."

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"I NO LONGER WANTED TO BE UT1lE DUTCH M'GREET. NO ONE ELSE WANTEO ME TO BE HER EITHER."

"I HAO BECOME THE MATA HARi AND I BELONGED TO NO COUNTRY, TO NO MAN.•

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THERE IS NO GI.ORY IN BATTLE, ONLY DEATH ANOO£FEAT...•

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Well, thot's folr enough, I suppose.

Those chaps have kept to the game

so far.

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IN WWl A SYSTEM OF 'LIVE AND LET LIVE' DEVELOPED BETWEEN COMBATANTS THAT, FOR THE POWERS THAT BE, SMACKED OF TREACHEROUS FRATERNISATION. THE STATIC NATURE OF TRENCH WARFARE, WITH ENEMY SOLDIERS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER FOR LONG PERIODS, ALLOWED A SUBTLE TYPE OF RECIPROCITY TO DEVELOP.

ONE SIDE REFRAINED FROM SHOOTING TO KILL, EVEN WHEN THEY HAD THE CHANCE, AS LONG AS THE OTHER SIDE DID THE SAME.

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IN THE l 980S, RESEARCHERS STUDIED THIS BEHAVIOUR, LOOKING AT THE PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF SOLDIERS IN WWl. THEY CONCLUDED IT WAS SIMILAR TO THE 'PRISONER'S DILEMMA GAME\ IN WHICH A SITUATION OF MUTUAL RESTRAINT SEEMS PREFERABLE TO THE ALTERNATIVE OF BOTH SIDES SUFFERING PUNISHMENT.•

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!Sfh Cf11/fk /q/8.

I am sf!/! a f'OW at Ho!&minden. €ach day is sfarfing to fake ifs foll. Oon'f know how much longer I can last.

Oh, Harry!

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I can't stand if any lon{}8rl I think I'm ooino era&{/!

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I know I shoJtld consider myself!

IJtcky to be an orderly here. 1he lower rankino soldiers have if easy in these of!Picer camps/ even as servants.

This dreadPul place is starting aPPect my health.

!Jou kriow my Pood parcel Prom my wiPe arrived late yesterday?

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I will riot tolerate suck lariguage iri tke preserice oP oPPicers.

I kt1ow it's PrigktPully hard to cot1tait1 your Peelit1gs towards tke eriemy1 but we are Et1glisk. Oo try to restrait1 yourselP1 old boy.

Wait ...

What are you doirig iri tke orderly's quarters?

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Thanks to all our hard work, the tunnel is almost complete!

Harry, I've heard you haven't been contributing to this marvellous project. You're in here every night, where's your community spirit?

Sleep?

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6ritish soldiers don't need sleep!

Well, I wasn't planning on escaping with you,

so ...

Well sir, on the high chance that we are captured again, I would likely get take11 to a non-o~icer' s

camp.

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I'm concerned, sir, the conditions are sooo much better here.

I think I 'd prePer to just ... you know, wait it out ...

Harry, old chap!

How can you say such a thing?

Choose to be a prisoner oP war over Preedom?

Freedom,

Oo yow know what we're Pightirig Por here, Harry?

Harry.

Owr dear, sweet 6ritannia.

It's what it is made oP. Oo yow want to disgrace your King and Cowntry?

Oo you not want to taste that Preedom on yowr lips, Harry?

Oon't you want to be Pree, Harry?

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Wouldn't it be wonderP11l Harry??

It would be t1ice to be r::'ree.

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come with us tiext week 8t1d help r::'it1ish the tut1tiel.

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I've cJecicJecJ to join the escape party.

It's a big risk/ but maybe Preedom is worth it.

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Oh, 8t1d I do believe it's time r::'or a cup or::' tea, sit1ce you're here.

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On the eve oP our escape/ the OPPicers are ooino f o dress up in our uniPorms and stay in our room...

Hmmm, your u11i~orm is desperately drab, old bea11 .

Is tkere 11ot a cka11ce I ca11 get it i11 a more prese11table colour?

Good L-ord, this tu1111el is rather small, is111t it?

1 Ca11 t we make it wider?

I 1ve bee11 putti11g 011 the poimds rece11tly- all those cakes ~rom

Fort11ums.

Harry, you 1ve got some boards 011 IJOUr bed, have11 1t you ?

I ca11 1t use mi11e1 11eed a good 11ight1s sleep ~or the escape tomor row.

I do11 1t thi11k !JOU u11derst a11d, this is Fry's Cocoa!

It's worth ~ar more the11 three shirts!

Wkat?!

6ut look at tkat shirt!

The hemmi11g is just

eltaeflv!

iluly :2Sr~ 1q1s . roni{}hf is the bio ni{}hf/ the funnel is Pinished and BVBf'{/011B is rBady.

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If 5eem5 I am a Pree man at /a5f-

Make me a cup of:' tea, there's a 9000 chap.

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THE NEWS

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THE BOOK rit: OlllMflS : MURDER , RAPE AND FIRE

BY BAVARIANS

THE 818\' KILLERS

OF SC,\RBOROlGH ,

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Counter Attacks Repulsed Wit~ Heavy Loss

· Hoiu can 1JOU be so heartless?

Owr 50t11S dead. N•IW

OeAO!We'll

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... I iwke up in a f:'ield hospital. They f:'ound ttie letter, assumed I was Fred. I didn't want to be shot, so I iuent alcmg wi#i it.

At !east Fred was a real man. You're a COU1ard1 not11it:JQ but a COU1ard.

If:' I had a gun, I'd shoot you myself:'!

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HMS ~AONoUGHr et;COMES lliE a./lV

S~iP EVER TO ~NK

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A'3 dome~ticated animal~ .go, t hey're hi.ghly efficient.

THEY AIN'T A MINDI.EGG HERD, LIKE CATTLE. THEY HAVE LEADERS, WHOSE ONLY INTEREST 15 THE WEI.FARE OF THE FLOCK. !T'S NOT A FOWER THING, LIKE IN PACKS.

TH~T'G v.~y

THE Fl.OCK'G GO l'APORTANT. !T'G THEii? GECURITY.

THEY l.OOK OUT FOR EACH OT~ER AND THE l.EA'.'ERG l.OOK OUT FOR nE Fl.OCK.

THEY S~CK'IFICE lllDIVIDUA~ ITY FOK' T~E GREATER GOOD OF Ti<E FWCK...

Instinctively they know when one of the Aock is missin9. It's like a part of them has 9one missin9.

Divide the Flock and shepherd 'em into $eparate maze$...

They'll Find their way out and come back to9ether."

There ain't nothin9 dumb about $heep, Will.

Go HoME AND Oeck o9 t he Uuntspill,

SIT STILL

I take it ProM !j<Xlr uniflorM t hat one oP the transport unit~

~ou're

1st gepteMber 1916

Yes. It's $0 exciting.

I got $0/M drNer training and as $00n as I heard that the ~ott i Sh Wo,;.en's U05pital were hiring I just had to appl~.

I'M Murra~. Frances Murra~.

At the start oP the war, Pr. Inglis went to enlist. gir, l wish

too9Per ~services

as a surgeon to

t he Ro~a l ArM~ Medical Corps.

Al~ experience and expertise could be put to good use.

But or. Inglis Is not one to sit seill.

Instead, she created the gcottiSh WoMen's UOSpital to support allied troops with no Medical corps.

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Well,! wantea to do $0Mething. % here we are.

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Written b!l ~elina l..ock Drawn b!l Arthur GoodMan

Mrs l.ousie Oaw$0n, ordtrl~. It is $0 exciting to be serving under Pr. Inglis.

I've read all about her work in The (JoMMOn aause. I assuMe ~ou know au about the *ott!Sh lt'oMens' llospitart

Roll call on the Uunt$pill, 3rd '3epteMbâ&#x201A;Ź!' 191<0.

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QoMbardMent oP Medgidia, 14t n Octot>er, 1!111&.

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arecoMing!

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ASMall part~ are st<l~ing here eo esea1>1ish dressing seaeions. Therese oP ~ou gee eo Braila and repore eo el\e Red Cross Uospit<ll.

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Uo1.-e ol' t he 9ritish Consul, Galatz, ZM HoveMber, 1916.

Alittll. ~cflewascr~ing !'-Or MO?t oP ~esterda~ and last night.

Weal! bear tfle Mark oP t he exodus.

UopePUll~

it willPade

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Evacoaeion oP RooMania. Tolcea, 18th DeceMber , 1916.

t.adie$, I'M CoMM.llnder t.ocker ~aMpSOn, Qritish ArMooI'ed Car DiV'i-sion.

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oPl'er ~oo M~ Unit'$ $91'ViCe$ to the ~otti<lll WoMen'$ UO$pital!

CoMM.llnder, MOO have no idea how glad we are eo hear an Engli$h accent!

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Ente!'ing Ro%ia, 18th DeceMber , 1916.

Ode$$8, 20th DeceMber, 1916.

Yoor new h0$piea1 MadaM, 8%0Ming Ro%ia SM~$ In the war.

I can't believe we

neaN~ Porgot it W8$

ChriStMas DaMI

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Pound the ingredients Por Mince pies!

Oid ~ou twar oP the death oP that dog, Rasputinr IP onl~ I CO<Jld have been one oP the Men drawing lot s to kill hiM.

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OaM11 this weather.

~nguage be daMned, ttwse pOO<' Pellows Proze during th€ quarter oP a Mile --li*:==......::.:::.;:;:.:;-f~µ.__ journeM twre.

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Oh, what luxur~ to be clean and

have proper Pornitore!

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Move as soon as the~ cease Pir ing!

~r~. We search Por police sp~ then leave.

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OP course. I could help ~our Priend strap his swO!'d on Pf'<'perl~ iP he would like ...

IReni, ZOth March, 1917. 1

Than~ !jOO

Pol' !jO<lr ~rvlce toRO<!Sia.

What do ~cu thin~ the~'ll sa~ baeil hoMe when we tell t heM we nave Medals!

Well , I'M sure DI'. Inglis will thin~ it will help with Pund raising!

Republican Meeting. Reni Mar~ square, ZSth A\arch, 1917.

The first d ut~ oP us all, Per all Russia.s, is to defend our soil.

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It is not saPe to show t he Tsar's head.

HrJW !jOO wear it this wa~ round.

Kear Reni, 1Zth April, 1917. "'....,r -~

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We're PrcM t he Wo1.en'5 Uo5pital.

We're allie5.

~otti5h

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Indeed. I can almost ima9ine my58W back in England.

Tal<.e 1.e to <!<le !jl)Or

M!j deepe5t apologie5, ladie5. The Men here think ~oo are 5pie5.

CoMMandant iMMediatel~.

Your CoMMandant, now!

Indeed, bot I 5tart to Pear Por !jOOf' 5aPet~.

We Ma~ need to MOve the l\o5pital Alrther awa~ ProM the Prone liM5.

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TeMporar~ Piela hOSpital, "•dii Abdul,

<bth ~epteMber, 1917.

Message ProM Or. Inglis - interce~ea b~ the QritiSI\ Foreign OPl'ice, ZOth August, 1917.

SERBIAN DIVISION ORDERED TO ROUMANIAN FRONT. 50\ OF RUSSIAN WOUNDS ARE SELF• I NFLICTEO IN LEFT HAND. IT IS CLEAR TO ME THAT RUSSIAN

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ARMY CANNOT FIGHT NOW . FE.AR THAT DIVISION WILL BE WIPED OUT .

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IMPERATIVE TO GET THEM

REMOVED TO FRANCE OR SALONICA. DO NOT ADVISE TRE RECALL OF HOSPITALS. IF DIVISION SHOU'LD

"adji Abdul, ZM Oct.cber, 1911.

GO TO FRONT, SWH SHOULD ALSO GO.

ren Onslow and "edges to continue consultations with the Consulate and to send another Message to tile Foreign OPPice. We Must keep up tile pressure to get t he ~erl>ian Division and ourselves to Archangel bePore the port Preezes.

V11. J1t9.eM hM .(.ri,Wna.te. lma<ole.dge. o6 Se.11.b.i.an .tJi.oop.6, and he.II. O!O>t good 1001tfi e.tt.t.We..6 he.II. to much coM.lde.Jt<tti0 ~· Subm.<..t ioe. -1>hould pM'-> .t!Uh meA-1>age. to the. V.i.11.e.ctOll. 0 6 M.d.(..taJuJ 11t.te.lt.i,ge.1tce..

Train ProM "adji Abdul to Archangel, 1st MoveMber, 1917.

APter so Man~ MOnths oP ruMours oil going to the Prent or going hoMe, I can't believe we're Pinall~ heading Par hoMe.

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I River Perr~. Archangel, 10th HoveMber 1917. I \Ve leave on tlle Porto USl>oa Por England in t he next Pew da~5.

MJ:J heart. grieve5 to leave Ru55ia, b<Jt I long Por hoJM now.

IHewca5tle Upon T~ne,

Good luck to ~ou Ali55.

The la5t convo~ Po<' ongland i5 believed lo5t. The GlerMan5 are torpedoing an~thing to leave port.

The \Vilton Uotel, L<mdon, Zl!>th HoveMber, 1917.

Z3rd HoveMber, 1917. 1

WelcoMe ho!M. \Ve were 50 worried that ~ou hadn't got out oP Ru55ia, with the ~1511eVik revolution and the 5trike5. Or t hat ~ou'd be 5unk in the ArctiC!

The Wilton Uotel, London, Z7th HoveMber, 1917.

Dr. Ingll5 died 1a5t night. we all knew 5he wa5 ill, but I can't believe 5he'5gone...

You've onl~ wen back a da~!

What a 5ad end to our Unit.

A\edical racult~, Belgrade.

St Gile5 Cathedral, odinburgh.

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/ Mo5t oP t he Ru55ian Unit joined the SWU o/5ie lngli5 Unit Por Macedonia or did war work Par other wo1Mn'5 organi5ation5.

APter the war Man~ oP the woJMn had careet'5 a5 doctors, nur5es, teacller5, secretarie5, acadeMic5 and even the Pir5t woMan barrister to appear at The Oid Saile~.

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NO MORE THAN CATILE••• SCRIPT: COLhl RG6AN ART: hltKG-LtTO

IN THG PAST, NV ASA MGN HA17 VOLUNTGGRGl7 AN17 i::OU6HT IN COLONIAL WARS, BUT WITH THIS CONRICT, LOCAL CHIGVi WGRG i::ORet:l7 TO SGN17 LAR6G NUMBERS TO WAR.

OUR MGN WGRG i::ORet:l7 TO BG PORTERS OR i::16HTGRS IN BOTH ARMIGS, AN17 171Gl7 IN HU6G NUMBERS, THROU6H MALNUTRITION, EXHAUSTION, 171SGASG, ACCll7GNTS, COMBAT, ANl7 REPRISALS BY GACH Sll7G. THGY WGRG GVGN HGCUTGl7 i::OR '17GSGRTION'.

BUT THG WAR ALSO SPARKGl7 CONS117GRABLG OPPOSITION, 1NCLUl71N6 RGBGLLION, A RGBGLLION WHICH LGi::T US 17GVASTATGl7...

THE WAR MAl/E THE IMPACT 01= COLONIALISM ALL THE WORSE. HUNl/REl/S 01= THOUSANl/S WERE KILLEl7, LANI/ AN!/ CROPS WERE RUINED, AN!/ !=AMINE l=OLLOWED.

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wi; AN6URU CAMi; Hi;Ri; !=ROM MOZAMBl~Ui;

TO

WORK ON mi;: i;sTATi;.

~UICl<LV WG LGARNGI/ THAT Lll=G ON THG GSTATG WAS VGRV HARD, WITH INCRGASING l/GMANl/S ON THG WORKGRS.

THG GSTATG MANAGGR, t.ISITONI~

TRGATGI/ US HARSHt.V AND THG GOVGRNMGNT I/ID VGRV t.ITTt.G ABOUT THIS.

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• "LISITONI WAS OUR NAMI< !=OR fl-11< l<STATI< MANA61<R, WILLIAM L1V11'16STONI<."

GVGRYONG l-IAD TO PAY l-IUT TAX 01= 3 TO 6 Sl-ltLLINGS. TO DO SO, WG l-IAD TO WORK Tl-IANGATA-- ON Tl-IG GSTATG CROPS, USUALLY DURING Tl-IG GROWING SGASON.

WG WGRG BADLY GXPLOITGD BY THANGATA AND i:oRO:D TO WORK !=OR 'f TO 6 MONTHS Wl-IGN WG Sl-IOULO l-IAVG BGGN GROWING OUR OWN l=OOD. OUR Cl-llLDRGN WGNT l-IUNGRY.

WG ALSO l-IAO TO OBGY mi; MANAGGR, NO MATTGR Wl-IAT, AND ACO:PT Tl-IG RULG 01= THG Wl-llTG MAN.

BUT Tl-IG PASTOR 01= OUR Cl-IURCl-I, :JOI-IN Cl-llLGMBWG, Ol=l=GRGD US l-IOPG AND A l=UTURG. l-IG BRIGVGD IN Al=RICA AND IN Al=RICANS. l-IG BUILT Cl-IURCl-IGS AND Sa.lOOLS, AND TAUGl-IT US MUQ.l ABOUT mi; LAND AND ITS CROPS.

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... THG DGVGLOPMGNT O~ A~RICAN

GDUCATION, INDGPGNDGNT A~RICAN GCONOMIC ACTIVITY, A JUST LAND SGTTLGMGNT ...

路 ...A ~RGG PRGSS AND LITGRATURG, AND AN INDGPGNDGNT A~RICAN CHRISTIANITY ...

AS CHRISTIANS, WG ARG AGAINST RACISM AND WG CHALLGNGG ITS GVILS...

WG WGRG ~ORCGD TO WORK ~ROM 6 IN THG MORNING UNTIL 'f IN THG AViGRNOON, AND I~ WG DID NOT ~INISH THG WORK, WG LOST THAT ~ULL DAY'S PAY.

INCRE:ASIN6L V WE: WE:RE: CHE:ATE:P OUT Oi::PAV.

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A WORKGR BGIN6 R066GO IN Tl-IG PRGSGNa: 01= ALARMGD WORKIN6 l=AMILIGS.

THE: OWNGRS HAO BANNGO GOUCATION ON THE: GSTATG, AND THGY BURNGO OOWN OUR LOCAL CHURCHGS.

JOHN CHlLGMBWG, MY HUSBAND AND OTHGRS CHALLGN6GD THE: LOCAL 60VGRNMGNT ABOUT MISTRGATMGNT, TAXGS, LABOUR DAYS AND KGGPIN6 Tl-IG BGST LANO l=OR GUROPGANS.

WHO t/O THE:SE: t/AMN A~RICANS THINK THE:V ARE:, t7RE:SSE:t7 THIS WAY, WE:ARIN6 A

CHILGMBWG IS TALKIN6 SGOlTION! HG NGGDS OGPORTIN6...

HAT!~

MANY Wl<RI< COMPLA1N1N6 ABOUT THI< RULI;; 01= 'LIS1TONI', WHO INSISTl<D THAT HI< MADI: THI< RULi;;S AND THAT 1<Vi;RVONi; MUST WORK AND PAY TAXi;S.

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WILL RG~UIRG THOUSANDS O~ PORTGRS AND CARRIGRS JUST TO SUPPLY TROOPS.

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CfRTAINLV. COURSG THGV'LL, HAVG TO BG A~RICANS.

THIS TIME:, WG WILL NOT

THGIR WAR, NOT OURS.

~16HT ~OR

THGM. WHY SHOULO WG~

IN A LETTER TO THE NYASALANO TIMES, JOHN CHILEMBWE CONOEMNEO OUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE WAR.

Rl6HT, IT'S THE: WHITE: MAN'S WAR. Lt=T HIS BLOOD BE: SPILLE:!/.

IT IS

"LGT THG RICH MGN, BANKGRS, TITLG!/ MGN, STORGKGGPGRS, l=ARMGRS AN!/ LANI/LORDS 60 TO WAR AN!/ 6GT SHOT.

"!NSTGAO, THG POOR Al=RICANS, WHO IN !/GATH LGAVG ONLY A LON6 LING 01= WIDOWS AN!/ ORPHANS IN UTTGR WANT AN!/ !/IRG !/ISTRGSS...

"ARG tNVITG!/ TO !/IG !=OR A CAUSG WHICH IS NOT THGIRS'.'

''A NUMBGR 01= PGOPLG HAVG ALRGA!/Y SHG!/ THGIR BLOOD, WHILG SOMG ARG CRIPPLG!/ !=OR Lll=G ...

THIS IS

5Gf?ITION! JOHN CHILE:MBWE: WILL HAYE: TO BE: !/E:PORTE:D.

THE: WARTIME: et=NSOR BANNE:!7 THE: PUBLICATION O~ THE: Lt=TTE:R IN THE: Nt=WSPAPE:R.

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BUT IN Tl-II: MGANTIMG...

Tl-llS IS Tl-II: ONLY WAY TO Sl-IOW Tl-II: v Wl-llTG MAN Tl-IAT Tl-IGIR INTOLGRABLG TRGATMGNT 01= OUR PGOPLG GNOS l-IGRG!

Tl-II: TIMI: l-IAS COM!: TO STRIKG A BLOW... ANO 011:, 11: NGaSSARY.

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WI: WILL STRIKG A l=IRST ANO LAST BLOW, ANO Tl-IGN ALL 011: BY THI: l-IGAVY STORM 01= Tl-II: Wl-llTG MGN'S ARMY!

YOU MUST NOT THINK THAT, WITH THAT BLOW, YOU ARE 601N6 TO l/El=EAT THE WHITE MEN

... ANI/ THEN BECOME KIN6S 01= YOUR OWN COUNTRY. NO ...

•.. BUT WHAT S:OLLOW(;O WAS 1Ni;V1TASL(;.

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:36 Pl:OPLE: WE'RE: E:XE:QlTfO ANO HUNORE:OS WE'RE: KlLLE:O.

roR fl.IE: CRIME: 01= SE:DITION, THE: COURT SE:NTE:NCE:S YOU, 6E:OR6E: MASAN6ANO ...

... VOTAM ui::i;;vu AND JACl<SON KOLIMBO, TO 10 VE:ARS ...

WG l-IOPG If/ Tl-IG tnGRCY Ot= ALtn/61-lTY 60(7 Tl-IAT 50/'nGPAV Tl-llf/65 WILL TllRtl our WGLL. ,,

,, , Tl-IAT Tl-IG 60VGRtitnGtlT WILL RGC06tll5G OLIR lf/Pl5PGtl5ABILITY, AtlP Tl-IAT Jll5TICG WILL PRGVAIL

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JOHN CHILEMBWE DESTROYED THE NOTION THAT 'THE NATIVES WERE HAPPY' UNDER BRITISH DOMINATION.

THE l=ORLORN EXAMPLE 01= JOHN CHILEMBWE ONLY LATER PROVIDED THE TEXT !=OR A 6ENUINE MOVEMENT 01= INDEPENDENCE.

UNl=ORTUNATELY I THE 60VERNMENT LEARNED THIS LESSON IMPERl=ECTLY ...

. ..ANO THE RISIN6 01= 1915 !=AILED TO CHAN6E THE COURSE 01= COLONIAL RULE IN CENTRAL Al=RICA.

THI: BRITISH AND 6GRMAN ARMIGS USGD BGTWGGN 500,000 AN!/ 700,000 GAST Ai:RICAN PORTGRS l/URIN6 WORLI/ WAR ONG.

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WAR, R~B~LLION AND R~PRISALS W~R~ CATASTROPHIC ~OR ~AST A~RICA ...

BUT A HUNOR(;O Y(;ARS LAT(;R, MAYBi;; SOM(; SORT O~ JUSTla: IS B(;61NN1N6 TO PR(;VAIL.

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Mud, Lice and Vice

By Gary and Warren Pleece

'WEL.L THIS 1$ A REAL. PICKLE WE'RE IN. WE'RE RIGHT UP TO OUR NECKS IN IT NOW, EH?"

Tl-fE WAR! IT'S HERE AT L.A5T! TIME FOR ACTION, 6NIN6 IT TO THE

80Cl-fE! DON'T WASTE MY TIME, SONNY. YOU'RE FAR TOO YOUNG TO GO TO WAR, 1-fOP IT!

"REMEMBER HOW IT STARTED? HOW WE AL.L GOT SWEPT UP IN THE HOO路HAH? WEL.L, AL.MOST AL.L OF US... "

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"5HOUL.D'VE TAKEN NOTICE THEN. LISTENED TO MUM. WOUL.DN'T BE IN THIS HOLE WE'RE IN NOW. .. "

Rl61-fT...

THAT OOES fT! :rusT YOU Tl<!Y STOPPING Me

NON!

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biood:Y hel4 they worlv

~~pcu;Jv ~he,ve,,l+'\1- ! It ~CV 12 ho-w- }h(ft dowvvatCCtY~¥ ~ ~cv ~hoii.da;y.

/he,- NCV' ¥ CtYe-ve.oWcdw~¥ cir-opp~ th&,v PK- ~thiruvthey haNe-tO't~ ~ th&,v Q~ St'i.l.i, tyow've- ~to- haNe~ 'Uwcltof d4dp~or cilihe.Ut wili &r-eruv~

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FIVE WEEKS ON.

GET THAT PANEL.(.ING SECURE, 5HOF2THOU5E! DAVIS, STOP SCRATCHING YER BOL.t.OCKS AND /..AY

THAT 81-et:PIN' CA8/..e!

WEI..(., I'VE GOT TO KEEP ME HAND IN. THEY MOVE L.IKE THE 81-et:PIN' Cl-APPeR5. J"UST IMAGINE HOW EASY IT'L.(. BE TO PICK Ol=F KRAUTS.

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ANYONS Wl-IO CAN 5U~IVS A WHIZ8AN6 WITl-IOUT A 51Nol..S 5CRATCl-I IN5TANTL.Y BSCOMS5 Tl-IS COMPANY' 5 L.UCK't: MA5COT.

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thW year-'¥ hcu"Veft. w~ I eot.<ld- hcvve,, ~yow .!<)1ne/ over, b1d" I ~thW~wcu-.

YOU 5TUPI() AR5E, SHORTHOU5c! YOU'VE: GOT THE: CLAP!

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bitter pl.uww. ..

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We CAMe We 5AW We CONQUeReO, We 5NtFFeO, we 5CRATCl-fe0, We BONl<eReO!

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BY Tl-fe 1-fUMC>RUM DAY

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WfTl-f Tl-fe BULlCT5 ANO Tl-fe RAT5 ANO Tl-fe PLeA5URe GAP5!

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WEL.C., IF IT AIN'T WCKY OICK! COUL.DVE U5ED YOU $EVER.AL. TIME5 OVER THE L.A5T FEW MONTH5, YOU J"A/lllMY BA5TARD.

THl5 'ERE'5 OUR '1-UCKY' MA5COT. HE'5 50 LUCKY, HE 6ET5 HIM5EL.F A D05E OF CL.AP AND Ml%E5 OUT ON AL.L THE FUN WEVE BEEN HAVIN6 THE$E L.A5T FEW MONTH$.

REMEMBER, MEN, DON'T RUN TO THE HUN. RETAIN CL.05E FORMATION AT AL./. C05T5. EVEN IF YOUR MATE5 60 DOWN, MAINTAIN YOUR OBJ"ECTIVE.

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ANY. RIGITT BL.ON Tl-lAT,

"ERE, l=OUND 50ME MORE. WANT 50ME? VERY NUTRITIOUS.

EH?

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YOU 5HOUL.D THINK YOUFi?6CL.F LUCKY TO BE AL.IVE, MY BOY. YOtrVE MOl<E 01< L.E% MADE A FUL.C. l<ECOVEl<Y. OTHEI<$ IN HEFi?E WIL.C. NEVEi< L.EAD SUCH A

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SORRY"· YOUR FR.IENT>

WAS TURNEJ> INTO A 1>5MONIC PUPPY•" ~OR.

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BUT IT CHANGED MEN ANO WOMEN, THE SOUL.5 Of PEOPLE NOT SOCIETY, NOT GEQMANY.

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Memorial to the Mothers Story: Joe Gordon Art: Kate Charlesworth CloS<l by my hom<l l1'ZS

(11 old C0Tl<lt<Zry, ckllib0-otely ov<Zrgrown, th'2 riot of foliage o smd.L urban wi\dife ~fuge enveloping th'2 old htlodstones. Among th<Z mork~ ore o scattering of war groves~ one hos coudit me eye mooy times on o walk. A simple stone with o cross engraved upon it ond tht2 insignia of tht2 fomous Royal Scots. "65248, Privote J"omes ALLCl1", died ig18, aged 2'1.

The~ ore so mooy Like thot OCt"Oss Britain ond EuroP<Z, so mony Lives cut down Like the horvest croP, ollegiC11Ces ood notionolities surrenckl~d os they Left this Life ond entered thot grey ~ol.m of ckloth wliere fmcily such distinctions motter no more.

Whot mokes this mernorici Uâ&#x201E;˘SUol is th'2 second l'l(ln(Z, inscribed at the bottom of the stone: "Plpe Major J"anes Alloo, Killed in Action in FrorlOl m<)". tilS son. Tht2 fother fa.Len from Tht2 War To End All Wars, his lod token in tht2 one thot soon followed. ~ve often considrlred this one grave summed up th'2 bloody stupidity of notions solving differences through wQ'fQ'e, century ofter weary century, os if we ore und>le to evolve beyond this borborous state.

But walking there ~cently, o different thouglt struck me - that thtlre wos onoth<Zr cosuol.ty of tht2 wars whose l'l(ITl(Z is not on thot stone. Mrs. Alloo, wife, mother, be~aved of husbaid by one wor, of h0' dorling boy by tht2 next. And from thot come tht2 thought that eoch ond every one of thtl mooy mczmoriols that stond in honour of Remembrance olso locks entire regiments of cosucities: the mothers of the follen. Tht2 moth<Zrs """1o received o wound os devostoting as any soldier upon

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a battl<zfie\.d. A bayonet wound to the heOt"t that beat for het" Loved ones in the way only a mottvzr's con. A bullet wound that penetrated to the soul. A deep, all-pervading sorrow and Loss which seeped into her as surely as the dreadful poison gas of the Western Front, breathed in with the news of her toss, permeating every aspect of her body and spirit.

The mothers of the fallen ore the wal.king w0W1ded of our Wct'S. In public they walk upright, blinking tears but trying to be what is expected, the brave, pi-oud mother, sorrowful for her Loss yet proud of her boys for doing their duty for King, Kaiser, Czar,

or for God, for th'?ir country. Proud of their honOUtabl.'?

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courageous service, of bravery in the face of monstrous suffering, she trifZS to carry her self respectfully for their !Tl<Zmory and sacrifi.ce, given at the behest of Political Leaders who have never, in any age, gr~ped the real 1TIC2anings of those concepts of honout" and cout"age that the rank and fLl.<z soldier knows.

But inside she is as dreadfully wounded as any of those maimed in body or mind in the tr<Znches. In public she is steady and stolid. In het" mind she is screaming why my boy, whJ my man? Did he die quickly, did he Lingel" in pain? Did he tie in agony screaming fol" her? She's hczard the stories, how many a brave man, in mortal pain scrczoms for she who gave him Life, whose body bore him, whose btood and Love nut"tured him.

Make the pain stop, tn.im, please save me, make it stop, make it g0 away, kiss it and make it aU. better. Oh please, tTMm, please make it stop. I tried to be gOOd, why is this happening, why does it t-..4rt so rruch... She'tl. never know.

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old comr~s may v~i.t to pay their respects, but they'\.l nczvet" tell her anything save that he was brave and it was ovet" quickly, that he never knew a thing. Never would they burden her with what they redly saw; mates choking in clouds of vil<z v~rs, or ripped apcll"t by she~ls, or dying slowly ca.ight in w~re or mud, scl"'eaning for hours. Or the ones they simply never fOW'ld again, whatever remainczd of thczm unt"czcogiizable, or czls<l swallowczd by thcz violated Earth, vanished, erasczd from the Book of Ufe.

Hiding thcz truth of the charnel house of battlczfLeld is the only mczrcy they can give her, for the ~e of their Lost brother in arms. But for the ~t of her days she'll dr12an of him and his end, and blane hczrself for not being ablcz to protczct him, her blood, het" Life.

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&hind <Zach and <Zv<Zry nc:rn<Z on thOS<Z IT1<ZIT10t"ials, from grand ob<Zlisk in f rn<Z ston<Z to th<Z humbl<Z wood<Zn board with paint<Zd l<Ztt<Zring in an old chi.irch or soci<Zty hoi.iS<Z, ar<Z th<Z ranks of th<Z casualti<Zs n<Zv<Zr tn<Zntion<Zd on thoS<Z mark<Zrs, r<Zgitn<Znt aft<Zr r<Zgim<Znt of moth<Zrs. Th<Zy f<Zll as SL.lr<Zly as th<Zir boys and <Zach titn<Z th<Zy S<Z<Z a n<Zw war and n<Zw yoi.ing lads ci.it down, n<Zw r<Zcri.iits to th<Zir black-v<Zil<Zd r<Zgitn<Znt, th<Zir h<Zart bl<Z<Zds a littt<Z mor<Z aid th<Zy wond<Zr was it not <ZnOi.igh? That yoi.i took my boys, was it not ~? How could it not b<Z <Znoi.igh? How coi.ild anyon<Z d<Zcid<Z to S<Znd y<Zt mor<Z yoi.ing lads off to anoth<Zr war again. And again. And again.

And what r<ZOlly did th<Zy fight for? For lofty id<Zds of fr<Z<Zdom or th<Z md.icioi.is moocei.ivrings of politicians who saw warfar<Z as anoth<Zr tn<Zthod for gaining n<ZW l<lnds, r<ZSOL.lt'C<ZS and pr<ZStig<Z, whil<Z th<Zy th<ZmS<Zl.v<ZS risk<Zd littt<Z. How <Zasily 'th<Z old li<Z' was spok<Zn by thoS<Z who issu<Zd th<Z ord<zrs bi.it who n<Zv<Zr risk<Zd d<Zath in cold wat<Zrs as th<Zir ship was ripp<Zd q>art, SL.Iff<Zr<Zd in tr<ZnCh<Zs or, in a n<Zw twist on ooci<Znt warfar<Z, f<Zll in f!.aii<Zs from th<Z ski<ZS as th<Z magical n<ZW sci01C<Z of flying, only ~t born, was md.f0t1n<Zd and r<Zshap<zd to indi.istrial scal.<Z kil.ling. So <Zasy for thos<Z who n<Zv<Zr risk th<Zir liv<Zs or th<Zir lov<Zd on<ZS to cry nobl<Z S<Zntitn<Znts, "Dl-llC<Z <Zt D<Zcorwn <Zst, Pro patria mori."

Did that b<Zr<Zf t moth<Zr's lov<Z ti.irn to bi.irning oog<Zr? Did sh<Z blam<Z thoS<Z who l<Zad I-IS with <ZXCUS<ZS into SL.ICh bi.itch<Zry th<Zn lack<Zd th<Z vision or courag<Z to <Znd it? Or did th<Z plaC<Z wh<Zr<Z onc<Z lov<Z for h<Zr chil.d liv<Zd ti.irn into a dark plac<Z fiU<Zd with hat<Z? Did th<Z moth<lt" in a British vil.lag<Z burn with hatr<Zd for all G<Zrmans for what th<Zy did to h<Zr boy? Did th<Z moth<lt" in t-lomb..4l-9 rogz agcl111st all Britons for maigling h<Zr yoi.ing - oh so damn<Zd yoi.ing - bli.i<Z <Zy<Zd boy.

Or did th<Zir w<Z<;Zping h<Zarts ov<Zrflow with S\111XltOJ and

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empathy for thOS<l moth0"S on all sid<ZS, f<z<Zli.ng, sharing th<Zir pain, th<Zir loss as only a moth<Zr cat

Did sh<Z trav<Zl th<Z old batiVzf1<Zlds aft0' th<Z war and visit th<Z r~ of h<Zadston<zs of th<Z fall<Zn? Did sh<Z S<Z<Z th<Z moth<Zrs of 'thcz <Zf'll2trY doing th<Z SO'll<Z, both looking at <Zach oth<Zt- from wid<zr a block v<Zil, th<Z som<Z shor<Zd pain, th<Z San<Z qU<ZStion of wh;? What was it for? 'Nhot was worth my boy, what could <Zv0' b<Z worth a .....+lOL<Z str<Z<Zt of ITl01 from th<Z som<Z town, in th<Zir 'mat<Zs r<Zgim<Znts', b<Zing mown down, on 01tir<Z g<Zn<Zration ripp<Zd from th<Z world j1.1St lik<Z that?

Each war that follow<Zd that War to End All Wars hos b<Zczn a b<Ztroyol of thos<Z so socrific<Zd, a b<Zb-oyol. to czoch g<Zn0'ation of moth<Zrs .....+lO lov<Zd and lost and mourn<Zd, limping thrOl.!gh th<Z r<ZSt of th<Zir liv<ZS with a hol<Z in th<Zir SOI.IL, a phantom pain of loss no l<Zss r<Z<i than th<Z phantom pain in th<Z lost limb of a moiM(ld V<Ztllt"on.

P~s th<Z d<Zcision to 90 to war should n<ZV0' b<Z d<Zcid<Zd by m<Zn in wood pon<Zll<Zd off1c<ZS of stat<Z, but by a COIT'mitt<Z<Z of moth<Zrs on both sid<Zs, odvis<Zd by thos<Z who hov<Z S<Z<Zn war and what it do<ZS to soft ~ bodi<lS, to th<Z frogil<Z mind and v<Zry soul.

And th<Zn p<Zrhops w<Z might finally l<Zorn to stop, for what moth0' r<Zally, truly b<Zli<ZV<ZS anything was worth h<Zr bonni1Z bay?

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Acknowledgements

The editors are immensely grateful to all those contributors credited for the scripts, art and lettering who shared our commitment and vision, and worked so hard for no financial reward. We would also like to thank Pat Mills, Charis Campbell, Gareth Kitchen, Paul Gravett, Bill Badham, Charlie Adlard, Tommy Clark, David Tattersfield, Tony Bennett, Ian Brookes, Sandy Bywater, John Freeman, Zoe Sussmeyer, publicist Jonathan Purves and the Arch Druid, Jim Nest, for their invaluable help and support.

Finally, we are indebted to John Anderson from Soaring Penguin Press, who believed in what we were doing and encouraged us to carry on doing it.

JC & JSC http://toendallwarscomic.wordpress.com/

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