War Child

War Child or Warchild may refer to:

• Child soldiers, children who are used in war, as soldiers or in combat support
• Military brat, military slang for a child or teenager of a military family
• Refugee, children who are refugees of war
• War children, a child born to a native parent and a parent belonging to a foreign military force

Fiction

• Warchild, a 1982 novel by Richard Bowes
• Warchild (novel), a 2002 science fiction novel by Karin Lowachee
• Warchild (Doctor Who), a 1996 Doctor Who spin-off novel by Andrew Cartmel
• Warchild (Star Trek), a 1994 novel by Esther Friesner
• Warchild (film), a 2006 German-Bosnian film by Christian Wagner

Memoir

• War Child - A Child Soldier's Story (book), memoir of Emmanuel Jal

Music

• War Child (album), a 1974 album by Jethro Tull featuring the song "War Child"
• Warchild (album), a collection of songs by Paul Di'Anno's Battlezone
• "War Child" (Blondie song), a 1982 song by American band Blondie
• "War Child", a song by The Cranberries from the album To the Faithful Departed
• "Warchild", a Singer-songwriter in Atlanta GA, America - he is brother to Published Novelist Sherrilyn Kenyon

Other uses

• War Child (charity), a Dutch, British and Canadian charity, that helps children who are victims of warfare

See also

• Joseph Wheeler (1836–1906), who was sometimes nicknamed "War Child"