Picture No | 10217541 |
Date | 1916 |
Description | Field-Marshal Lord French inspecting soldiers in Hyde Park |
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Field-Marshal Lord French (1852-1925) inspecting some 10,000 volunteers of numerous London regiments in Hyde Park in 1916. Lord French had fought in both the Sudanese and Boer wars of the previous century and took command of the British Expeditionary Force in France in 1914. He became Commander-in-Chief of the home forces in 1915 and after the war was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
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Source | Photograph in 'The Illustrated London News', 24 June 1916, page 801 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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