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Camouflaging the Colonel’s breakfast

Camouflaging the Colonel’s breakfast - pen and watercolour

Blind Flying

Blind Flying - pen and ink

Deceiving the invader as to the state of the tide.

Deceiving the invader as to the state of the tide. -

The Crate

The Crate - pen and ink

A clever adaptation of the Molotov bread basket to be used in the London suburbs in case of invasion

A clever adaptation of the Molotov bread basket to be used in the London suburbs in case of invasion - pen and watercolour

Confusing the enemy’s sense of direction at the cross-roads in a rural parish

Confusing the enemy’s sense of direction at the cross-roads in a rural parish - pen and watercolour

The melted butter tank stopper doing its stuff in South East England

The melted butter tank stopper doing its stuff in South East England - pen and watercolour

The Sixth Column at work – here they come, disguised parachutists receive a warm welcome

The Sixth Column at work – here they come

The First Lord of the Admiralty disguised as a coal merchant plots another dastardly outrage

The First Lord of the Admiralty disguised as a coal merchant plots another dastardly outrage - pen and watercolour

“Netting tanks’ for dealing with a threatened menace on the Western Front’

“Netting tanks’ for dealing with a threatened menace on the Western Front’ - pen and watercolour

The sort of thing you are not supposed to do with your air raid shelter

The sort of thing you are not supposed to do with your air raid shelter - pen and watercolour

Bashfulness of Old Teuton air hero when falling past a lady’s bed-room window

Bashfulness of Old Teuton air hero when falling past a lady’s bed-room window - pen and watercolour

The true war aim of the Turk – to give a fillip to the lagging spirit of domesticity in these islands after winning an entrance by force of arms

The true war aim of the Turk – to give a fillip to the lagging spirit of domesticity in these islands after winning an entrance by force of arms - pen and ink

Two of the crew of a doomed airship endeavouring to save their commander’s life by inflating the gas bag

Two of the crew of a doomed airship endeavouring to save their commander’s life by inflating the gas bag - pen and watercolour

Honest Worth – A rough diamond of an old Boche hastening to the relief of an acute case of Mal de Tank

Honest Worth – A rough diamond of an old Boche hastening to the relief of an acute case of Mal de Tank - brush and ink

Public Spirit – the Crown Prince opening a new criminal lunatic asylum in Berlin

Public Spirit – the Crown Prince opening a new criminal lunatic asylum in Berlin -

The Hun Virtuous 13 – Consummate delicacy of young German aeronauts when passing over thickly populated areas

The Hun Virtuous 13 – Consummate delicacy of young German aeronauts when passing over thickly populated areas - pen

The Hun Virtuous – A benignant Boche returning good for evil

The Hun Virtuous – A benignant Boche returning good for evil - pen and ink

The Hun Virtuous – An iron willed Prussian general putting away from himself the thought of loot

The Hun Virtuous – An iron willed Prussian general putting away from himself the thought of loot - pen and ink

Three thoughtful young uhlans assisting an elderly lady crossing the Meuse

Three thoughtful young uhlans assisting an elderly lady crossing the Meuse - pen and ink