Humpty Dumpty, nursery rhyme reworked for propaganda purposes, 1914-1918.
Rhyme accompanying the caricature:
'Humpty Dumpty hammered the Gaul -
Humpty Dumpty had a big fall;
All the King's horses and all the King's men
Can't take Kaiser Billy to Paris again!'
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East London College Magazine.
East London College Magazine was the student magazine and continued throughout the First World War. The regular features of news from the college, poems, stories, jokes, sketches, cartoons, and reports from union societies, continued. But the roll of service became a new regular feature, reporting the fate of fellow students to their friends.
Click on the links above to view individual pages of the College Magazine. PDF's may take a while to download depending on the speed of your internet connection.
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Sir Charles Kingsley Webster (1886-1961) medals for Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.
During the First World War Webster served as a Subaltern in the Royal Army Service Corps, 1915-1917 and on the General Staff of the War Office, 1917-1918.
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National Ration Books, 1918.
Two National Ration Books issued to Katherine Lyttelton. They list the names and addresses of a Sugar Retailer, Fats Retailer, Butcher and Bacon Retailer the family had registered with. Rationing was introduced into Britain toward the end of the First World War during 1918. Food imports into Britain had been affected following an effective German U-boat campaign in which merchant ships were frequently sunk.
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Photograph of a Belgian refugee family, c.1914-1918.
The photograph depicts a family of four Belgian refugees who were harboured by the Lyttelton family. In 1914 Belgium asserted its neutrality under international treaty and Britain promised to defend this. However, after refusing to give permission to Germany to cross Belgian territory in order to reach France, Germany declared war on Belgium and invaded the country. Over 1 million refugees fled the country over the coming weeks, mostly to the Netherlands but also to France and Britain.
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National Committee for Relief in Belgium collection leaflet, 24th October 1918.
The leaflet calls for the donation of warm clothing and boots for the 'hundreds of thousands of men, woman and children in France and Flanders' who were in need of them urgently. The collection was approved of by Kind George V and the Queen who donated £100 and £50 respectively for the purchase of clothing.
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'Winter Coming On' article from the Globe, 25th October 1918.
The article calls for the donation of warm clothing, blankets and boots for the Belgian people urgently in need of them.
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Higgledy-Piggledy, nursery rhyme reworked for propaganda purposes, 1914-1918.
Rhyme accompanying the caricature:
'Higgledy-piggledy, my black hun!
She lays mines where the trade ships run;
Friends and foes she treats as one -
Higgledy-piggledy, my black hun!'
In February 1915 Germany declared the waters surrounding British Isles to be a war zone in which ships could be sunk without warning, and began the first U-Boat campaign with unrestricted attacks against merchant and passenger ships. The British Navy retaliated in March by imposing a total sea blockade on Germany, prohibiting all shipping imports including food.
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Chelsea War Refugees' fund booklet, 1918-1920.
Booklet listing the work done and those involved in the Chelsea War Refugees' Fund. Patrons of the fund included General Sir Neville Lyttelton and his wife Katherine Lyttelton, who was also the chair of the executive committee.
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East London College Calendar, 1918.
In February 1918 the Principal reported that air raids made it difficult to continue. Casualty lists are printed throughout the Calendars and the East London College Magazine.
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