'Kaisers Enemies'. 

Pictures from a newspaper with the description 'The Kaisers Enemies (some of the little victims of the air raid, last week, at the London Hospital, where they were visited by H M the King)' The picture shows some of the young victims of the air raid over London. These children became known as 'Bombed Babies'.

Image Courtesy of Royal London Hospital Archives.

Bombed Babies

A newspaper cutting from the Daily Mirror which began a campaign for toys for the young victims affected by the air raid in East London. This photograph shows the toys being distributed to children in the London Hospital.

Image Courtesy of Royal London Hospital Archives.

Humpty Dumpty, nursery rhyme reworked for propaganda purposes, 1914-1918.

Rhyme accompanying the caricature:

'Humpty Dumpty hammered the Gaul -
Humpty Dumpty had a big fall;
All the King's horses and all the King's men
Can't take Kaiser Billy to Paris again!'

Image Courtesy of Queen Mary University of London Archives.

Higgledy-Piggledy, nursery rhyme reworked for propaganda purposes, 1914-1918.

Rhyme accompanying the caricature:

'Higgledy-piggledy, my black hun!
She lays mines where the trade ships run;
Friends and foes she treats as one -
Higgledy-piggledy, my black hun!'

In February 1915 Germany declared the waters surrounding British Isles to be a war zone in which ships could be sunk without warning, and began the first U-Boat campaign with unrestricted attacks against merchant and passenger ships. The British Navy retaliated in March by imposing a total sea blockade on Germany, prohibiting all shipping imports including food.

Image Courtesy of Queen Mary University of London Archives.