Picture No | 10640287 |
Date | August 1914 |
Description | Drilling recruits in Temple Gardens, London, WW1 |
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Drilling recruits in Temple Gardens, London, at the start of the First World War, while a tennis match goes on in the background. Above is a quotation from Sir Francis Drake, who finished his game of bowls before confronting the Armada: There is time to finish the game.
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Source | Illustration by J F Woolrich in The Bystander, 19 August 1914, p411 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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