Person    | Male  Born 1888  Died 1959

Bruce Bairnsfather

Categories: Art, Literature

Countries: France, India

Cartoonist. WW1 artist. Born Muree, India. He was serving on the western front at the time of the Christmas Truce of 1914 and drew and wrote about it. An article in the Malvern Gazette 21/9/11, prompted by the erection of a plaque to Bairnsfather in Colwall, gives some details of his life and work.

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Bruce Bairnsfather

Greater London Council Bruce Bairnsfather, 1888 - 1959, cartoonist, lived here.

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