Getting used to Army Boots - Recruits in training, Wincheste

Getting used to Army Boots. (Winter 1939). Recruits in training, Winchester.Unframed watercolour, pen and ink by Eric Dawson, 1939 (c).Shows some men in shorts and t-shirts running down a cobbled street and through an archway, possibly that of the Westgate near the barracks of the King's Royal Rifles Rifle Depot in Winchester. A couple of the men have tripped over and there is a civilian woman carrying two baskets in the background.Eric Dawson served in North Africa, Syria, Palestine and the Lebanon, 1940-1945 with 2nd Bn Rifle Brigade, Royal Engineers and the Army Educational Corps.Associated with World War Two, North Africa (1940-1943)

Archway Barracks Baskets Cobbled Consorts Depot Educational Footwear Lebanon Recruit Recruiting Recruits Shirts Tripped Unframed Westgate Winchester

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