Bruce Collection (#16)

Walking cane with solid silver Bairnsfather Old Bill ha
A walking cane with a solid silver Bruce Bairnsfather Old Bill handle. Copyright Registered Number 669204. Bairnsfather Ware

Head and shoulders study of Alf smoking - Bairnsfather
Head and shoulders study of Alf smoking, signed and inscribed A fragment from Bruce Bairnsfather. Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 1St Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959)

Old Bill smoking a pipe - ALL THE BEST FROM OLD BILL
Portrait of Old Bill smoking a pipe and inscribed ALL THE BEST FROM OLD BILL & BRUCE BAIRNSFATHER.. Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 1St Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959)

Ole Bill printed fabric doll with wood and button detail, representing the First World War character by Bruce Bairnsfather

Bert warming himself by a brazier.. Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 1St Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959)

Coiffure in the trenches. Keep yer ead still or I ll ave yer blinkin ear off !. Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 1St Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959)

A collection of 8 Bruce Bairnsfathers magazines bound together in one volume. This comprises Fragments from France, More Fragments from France, Still More Fragments from France, No

No Possible Doubt Whatever
NO POSSIBLE DOUBT WHATEVER. Sentry : Alt ! Who goes there He of the bundle : You shut yer.mouth, or I ll.come and knock yer.head off ! Sentry : Pass, friend !. Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 1St Btn

Keeping his Hand In
KEEPING HIS HAND IN. Private Smith, the company bomber, formerly Shino, the popular juggler, frequently causes considerable anxiety to this platoon. Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 1St Btn

That Evening Star-Shell
THAT EVENING STAR-SHELL. Oh, star of eve, whose tender beam falls on my spirits troubled dream.Wolframs Aria in Tannhauser.. Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 1St Btn

SO OBVIOUS. The Young and Talkative One : Who made that ole The Fed-up One : Mice.. Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 1St Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959)

The Thirst for Reprisals
THE THIRST FOR REPRISALS. And me a rifle someone. I ll give these.s ell for this !. Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 1St Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959)

A Maxim Maxim
A MAXIM MAXIM. Fire should be witheld until a favourable opportunity presents itself. Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 1St Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959)

Relief portrait of Old Bill - after Bruce Bairnsfather
Relief portrait of Old Bill - after Captain BRUCE BAIRNSFATHER, 1st Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959). Bairnsfather Ware

Plate inscribed When the ell is it goin to be strawberry with a cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather, 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959). Bairnsfather Ware

Plate inscribed with parodic verses, WW1
Plate inscribed Here with a loaf of bread, beneath the bow. A muttered curse, but ne er a whine, and thou - beside me, singing in the wilderness. The wilderness is paradise, enow

Plate inscribed Gott strafe this barbed wire, WW1
Plate inscribed Gott strafe this barbed wire with a cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather, 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959). Bairnsfather Ware

That evening star-shell - Bairnsfather
Cartoon, That evening star-shell. Oh, star of eve, whose tender beam falls on my spirits troubled dream. From Fragments from France - No. 5, published by The Bystander in 1916

Cartoon, Keeping his hand in, WW1
Cartoon, Keeping his hand in. The professional instinct again. Private Smith, the company bomber (formerly Shinio, the popular juggler), frequently causes considerable anxiety to his platoon

Cartoon, I m sure they ll ear this damn thing squeaking. From Fragments from France - No. 2, published by The Bystander in 1916

Cartoon, No possible doubt whatever, WW1
Cartoon, No possible doubt whatever. Sentry Alt ! Who goes there? He of the bundle You shut yer mouth, or I ll come and knock yer ead off. Sentry Pass friend! From Fragments from France - No

The Long and the Short of It - UP LAST DRAFT, WW1
The Long and the Short of It - UP LAST DRAFT: I suppose you as to be careful ow you looks over the parapet about ere. OUT SINCE MONS: You needn t worry

Unappetising Moments, WW1
Unappetising - Moments when the Savoy, the Alhambra and the Piccadilly Grill seem very far away (the offensive starts in half an hour). Bystander, Fragments from France - No. 4, Page 22

Duds quoth the Raven

Cartoon, Coiffure in the Trenches, WW1
Cartoon, Coiffure in the Trenches. Keep yer ead still, or I ll ave yer blinkin ear off. By Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959)

James Bruce - Scottish traveller and explorer
James Bruce (17301794) -Scottish traveller and travel writer spent more than a dozen years in North Africa and Ethiopia, where he traced the origins of the Blue Nile. Date: circa 1775

Sketch cover, Captain Loxleys faithful dog, WW1
Front cover of The Sketch magazine featuring a portrait of Bruce, the faithful Irish terrier belonging to Captain Noel Loxley of H.M.S Formidable

WWI - Bairnsfatherware - Wall plaque
Bairnsfather Ware wall plaque with ornate border. Well if you knows..... A Memento of the Great War on reverse. Date: circa 1917

Bystander Jigsaw By Capt. Bruce Bairnsfather
The Bystander Jigsaw by Capt. Bruce Bairnsfather. Now where does this blinkin bit go?. Puzzle picture is That Evening Star-shell. (5/5) Date: circa 1917

WWI - Cream pottery bowl - Bairnsfatherware
Cream pottery bowl. With transfer Well if you knows of a better ole, go to it. On reverse - Made by the Girls of Staffordshire during the winter of 1917/1918 when the boys were in the trenches

The Historical Touch. Well, Alfred, ow are the cakes? Date: circa 1917

Prominent racing personalities at Brooklands
Caricatures of famous racing personalities at Brooklands by The Tout - Mr Ns Hinde, the Hon. L Bruce, Major Linday Lloyd, Mr Malcolm Campbell, Dr Da Costa, Gordon Watney and the Hon R Westenra

Bruce Bairnsfather
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather (1888 - 1959), British soldier, artist and cartoonist. Best known for creating " Old Bill" during World War I for The Bystander magazine. Date: 1917

Camille Clifford, second marriage, WW1
The Hon. Mrs Lyndhurst Bruce, formerly the Edwardian actress, Camille Clifford, pictured in The Tatler after the announcement of her engagement to Captain John M. J. Evans, M.C. (inset picture)

A Really Welcome Economy by Bruce Bairnsfather
A Really Welcome Economy " One shell-less day a week wouldn t be a bad idea, would it Bert?" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1917

Those Raiders at the Seat of War by Bruce Bairnsfather
Those Raiders at the Seat of War " I wish the ell you d put a cork on that blinkin pin of yours, Bert!" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1917

This Muddy War by Bruce Bairnsfather
This Muddy War " These ere staff cars do splash a lot, don t they Bill?" (No answer) A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1917

Those &%$* Mouth-Organs by Bruce Bairnsfather
Those --- Mouth-Organs " Keep away from the ive, Bert; es goin to sting yer!" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1917

Its the Little Things that worry by Bruce Bairnsfather
Its the Little Things that Worry What is so particularly annoying to Private Lovebird is, that he would not have had this bother with his dug-out if his leave had not been postponed A cartoon by

Getting the Local Colour by Bruce Bairnsfather
Getting the Local Colour In that rare and elusive period known as " Leave" it is necessary to reconstruct the " atmosphere" of the front as far as possible in order to produce

The Tourists by Bruce Bairnsfather
The Tourists, 19..? " Remember this place, Bert?" " Yes, its where we used to chuck the fish to you, ain t it, Bill?" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander

Real Sympathy by Bruce Bairnsfather
Real Sympathy " I wish you d get something for that cough o yours. Thats the second time you ve blown the blinkin candle out

Overheard in an Orchard by Bruce Bairnsfather
Overheard in an Orchard Said the Apple to the Plum: " Well, anyway, old man, they can never ask us what we did in the great war

On the Leave Train by Bruce Bairnsfather
On the " Leave" Train You will never quite realise how closely we are bound to our French ally until you have had the good fortune to travel on one of those " leave" trains - six

This Weeks Fragment by Bruce Bairnsfather
This Weeks Fragment " Under the spreading chestnut tree the village smithy stands" In a rather sombre Bruce Bairnsfather illustration, a bombed out smithy is stood, crumbling

Natural History of the War by Bruce Bairnsfather
Natural History of the War The Flanders Sea Lion (Leo Maritimus) An almost extinct amphibian, first discovered in Flanders during the Winter of 1914-15

Whats Bred in the Bone... by Bruce Bairnsfather
Whats Bred in the Bone... Lieut. O.P.Corner (late of the Colidrome Theatre, where he has been stage manager for so many years) forgets himself in the heat of the moment

Those Signals by Bruce Bairnsfather
Two soldiers sit in a damaged attic, in this Bruce Bairnsfather cartoon. One spots a set of signal lights, but the other is simply not having any of it. Date: 1916

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"Remembering Bruce: A Man of Many Talents and Adventures" Bruce, a name that echoes through history, conjures images of bravery, resilience, and artistic brilliance. From the Men of the 1924 Everest Expedition to his wartime Toby jugs during WW1, Bruce left an indelible mark on the world. In moments frozen in time, we see Old Bill kneeling before the Cenotaph in Whitehall, paying homage to those who sacrificed their lives, and is here that we glimpse Bruce's deep understanding of humanity's struggles and triumphs. His artistry knew no bounds as he captured pivotal moments like the Battle of Bannockburn or depicted poignant scenes in his books such as "Things That Matter" and "A Miner Success. " Through his WW1 cartoons like "One of Our Minor Wars, " Bruce shed light on the realities faced by soldiers with both humor and empathy. Yet it was not only war that defined him; adventure beckoned him too. The Mount Everest Expedition of 1924 showcased his thirst for exploration and pushing boundaries. His postcards from this journey stand as testaments to his courage amidst nature's grandeur. Beyond war zones and mountaintops, Bruce found solace in simple pleasures like Albion Rovers FC football team matches or Bonzo's latest antics illustrated by Studdy. These glimpses into lighter moments reveal a man who understood life's balance between seriousness and joy. With each stroke of his pen or brushstroke on canvas, Bruce Bairnsfather immortalized stories that needed telling – tales like "The Thirst For Reprisals. " He became a voice for those whose voices were often silenced or forgotten. Today we remember Bruce – an artist, adventurer, storyteller – whose legacy lives on through these fragments from history. In our hearts forever remains a man who dared to capture truth with compassion while reminding us all what truly matters - our shared humanity.