Thomas Henry Rafferty, (my great uncle)

Proof found, Bairnsfather based Old Bill on Rafferty ww1,

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  • Introduction.
  • Contact details
  • Family History
    • Rafferty’s Bordon camp 25.04.1908
    • Message in a bottle Sunday September 20th
  • Old Bill of The Better ‘Ole
    • PALLADIUM. TO-NIGHT advert.
  • The Soldier that made the Empire Laugh 1916
  • Bairnsfather’s Great War Character was once a Tramway Worker in Birmingham
  • Weekly Dispatch ”DISCOVERS THE ORIGINAL OF ”OLD BILL” ( newspaper copy)
  • Bairnsfather– Rafferty is the original Old Bill.
  • ”Have I insulted The British Army ” Weekly Dispatch 5th August 1917
  • Bairnsfathers photo of men in trench 1914
  • Old Bill Handsworth Original of Bairnsfather Hero ( typed copy)
  • More facts & pic Thomas as bandsman.
  • Uneeda Film Service
  • Killed in action ( 25th APRIL 1915)
    • Commemorative Scroll.
    • Go My Pal who is serving for King and Country
    • Menin Gate
    • War memorials ww1 Birmingham
  • Ltr from Bruce Bairnsfather’s secretary
    • reverse ltr
  • Historian’s lt plus typed copy.
    • 2nd page
    • 3rd page
    • typed copy.
  • Tonie and Valmai Holt’s ltr 22nd May 1990
  • Happy Group of Warwicks ! Picture World
  • Soldiers of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment
    • More Old Bill ( ltr by S Rollins Son )
  • References
  • Humour by artist

Contact details

Mr. John Belcher

E mail: oldbillraff@gmail.com

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