The London Motor Bus at the Front, WW1
London buses in use at the Front to transport British infantry soldiers who are pictured hurrying to fill the gaps in the Armentieres-Ypres line in November 1914. The moving of troops was one of the premier purposes of the buses on the front, though the incongruity of seeing them in the war-torn landscape was a novelty
Picture No
10821670
Media ID
46138820
Size
3700px x 4722px
(2.0MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by A. C. Michael from a sketch by Frederic Villiers, 21 November 1914
Date
1914
