Picture No | 10700733 |
Date | 1915 |
Description | Gaby Deslys takes wounded soldier on motocycle ride, WW1 |
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Gaby Deslys (1884 - 1920), French actress, music hall artiste and sometime lover of King Manuel II of Portugal, takes a wounded soldier for a ride in a motorcyle sidecar. Gaby was one of the most popular entertainers of the First World War, and involved herself in a wide variety of charity work and morale-boosting activities in Britain.
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Source | Unattributed photograph in The Tatler, 5 May 1915 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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