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Shardeloes country house during wartime

Scenes from a country house, Shardeloes, in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, during World War II. The house was used as a maternity home for evacuee mothers, offered as it was by the owners, Captain and Mrs Tyrwhitt-Drake. On the outbreak of war the house was converted within 12 hours

Picture No
13991332
Media ID
45429167
Size
7351px x 4886px (6.4MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
The Tatler, 5th June 1940, pages 382-383
Date
5th June 1940

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