George Robey & Horatio Bottomley recruiting in London
Popular music hall star, George Robey, known as the Prime Minister of Mirth, pictured speaking at a recruitment rally in Trafalgar Square, London in 1915 alongside Horatio Bottomley, jingoistic proprietor of John Bull magazine and swindler. Robey was eventually received a knighthood. Bottomley went to prison
Picture No
10731498
Media ID
46683518
Size
3904px x 6174px
(4.8MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photographs in The Tatler, 8 September 1915
Date
1915
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