Title

'Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty (3)', c1916. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

'Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty (3)', c1916. Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty is a music hall song written by Arthur J. Mills, Fred Godfrey (1880-1953) and Bennett Scott (1875-1930) in 1916. It was popular during the First World War and tells a story of three fictional soldiers on the Western Front suffering from homesickness and their longing to return to Blighty. [Bamforth & Co., Ltd, Holmfirth, England and New York, c1916]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1916

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C76_286

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

76,2Mb (5,4Mb) / 13,6in x 21,7in / 4086 x 6520 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior people male man men guy color colour defiance explosion war front century mirror soldiers soldier first world war concept outside shaving shave battle TINTED shaving brush song warfare trench trenches World War I WWI World War One 1910s 20th century lyrics The Print Collector 1st World War homesickness trench warfare Western Front WW1 postcard Unknown Scott Mills Fred Ltd Godfrey Bamforths Bamforth & Co. Bamforth & Co Ltd Arthur J Mills Arthur J Fred Godfrey Bennett Scott Bennett Bamforths Arthur J Mills Fred Godfrey Bennett Scott postcard