WW2 SLANG
PIP, SQUEAK & WILFRED
Trio of Great War campaign medals (1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal). Named after the popular Daily Mirror cartoon characters of the time.
PLONK
Wine. From French vin blanc, white wine, although the expression may also be derived from the firm of Plonques, importers of a particularly reprehensible brand of Algerian red wine.
PLUG
To shoot, to plug with lead.
PLUGSTREET
Ploegsteert, Belgian village north of Armentières.
PLUM PUDDING
Heavy trench mortar shell.
POILU
French soldier. From the French hairy one. French soldiers themselves disliked the term, instead referring to themselves as les hommes or les bonhommes.
