Moriaty Posted 24 October , 2013 Share Posted 24 October , 2013 A Welsh newspaper of October 1915 quoted a letter written home by a soldier in France in which he described his battalion's part in the Battle of Loos. He wrote "When we came out to rest we presented a queer sight - some without caps, tunics ripped and all of us plastered with mud. We looked like a lot of 'Tired Tims' and 'Weary Willies', but are quite all right, once more". Were these common descriptions in 1915? Moriaty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony paley Posted 24 October , 2013 Share Posted 24 October , 2013 Probably, certainly common expressions in the 40s-50s, can vouch for that and there were still a lot of veterans from WW1 around when I were a lad. tony p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moriaty Posted 24 October , 2013 Author Share Posted 24 October , 2013 Thanks Tony. I have just googled the two names and find that Tired Tim and Weary Willie were actually the names of two cartoon characters, a pair of idle tramps who would rather burgle than work. They were created by Tom Browne for the Illustrated Chips comic in 1896 and remained the front page story of Chips until 1953. Moriaty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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