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Picture No 10822931
Date 1916
Description Christmas Day with the Fleet, sailors enjoy Xmas dinner, WW1
Details

Sailors as guests of Lady Beatty (wife of Admiral Beatty) enjoying a Christmas dinner "somewhere in Scotland." The wives of officers of the Grand Fleet helped to make the dinner a success and Mrs Drummond, wife of Captain Drummond, can be seen waiting on the men. On a platform, or stage beyond the dining tables can be seen a piano and chairs, arranged in anticipation of some imminent festive entertainment.
Source Unattributed photograph in The Sphere, 1 January 1916
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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