Forces War Records
DID YOUR ANCESTOR READ WWI TRENCH NEWSPAPER, THE WIPERS TIMES?
I don’t know whether you saw it on the weekend, but BBC Two broadcast a brilliant drama inspired by a true story about some front line soldiers who published a satirical newspaper during the First World War — called The Wipers times.
Penned by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman of Private Eye fame, the 90-minute production brought to life the story behind the trench magazine produced by British soldiers from the 12th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Nottingham & Derbyshre Regiment), 24th Division.
The whole production really echoed the satirical, black humour behind the magazine with a real undercurrent of bravery and pluck displayed by the men who endured the awful conditions of trench warfare.
READ THE FULL STORY AND SEE THE ORIGINALS AT FORCES WAR RECORDS: wp.me/p2Qfae-SI
DID YOUR ANCESTOR READ WWI TRENCH NEWSPAPER, THE WIPERS TIMES?
I don’t know whether you saw it on the weekend, but BBC Two broadcast a brilliant drama inspired by a true story about some front line soldiers who published a satirical newspaper during the First World War — called The Wipers times.
Penned by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman of Private Eye fame, the 90-minute production brought to life the story behind the trench magazine produced by British soldiers from the 12th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Nottingham & Derbyshre Regiment), 24th Division.
The whole production really echoed the satirical, black humour behind the magazine with a real undercurrent of bravery and pluck displayed by the men who endured the awful conditions of trench warfare.
READ THE FULL STORY AND SEE THE ORIGINALS AT FORCES WAR RECORDS: wp.me/p2Qfae-SI