1. Introduction: ‘[A]s in most war fiction, humour predominates’.
2. Humour and Britishness During the Great War: ‘If a man brings us a joke, we require to be satisfied of its durability’.
3. The Domestication of Death: ‘There are lots of jokes’.
4. Class and Social Structure: ‘It is not taken seriously’.
5. War and the Depiction of Gender: ‘Let us hope for the best and assume that he is dead’.
6. The War and the Domestic Sphere: ‘That perpetual sense of the ridiculous’.
7. Parody and Pop Culture in Trench Newspapers: ‘Let’s whistle ragtime ditties while we’re bashing out Hun brains’.
8. Short Fiction and Service-Author Heroes: ‘You can’t expect glory and accuracy for a half-penny’.
9. Conclusion.