The Eagle hut disturbance, 1919
Soldiers, sailors and civilians retiring from Bow Street police station following a riot where a crowd of around 1000 had protested at the arrest of two American soldiers, who had been playing a gambling game outside the YMCA Eagle Hut in Aldwych. The disturbance resulted in all American soldiers being transferred to other quarters and US sailors recalled to their ships
Picture No
10793545
Media ID
46089654
Size
6155px x 3956px
(3.3MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Illustrated London News, 15 March 1919
Date
1919
