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| Picture No | 10643239 |
| Date | September 1914 |
| Description | Naval reservist on duty, Sidmouth beacon light, WW1 |
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A fisherman who is a naval reservist on night duty under the Sidmouth beacon light in the early weeks of the First World War. The usual coastguards had been called up into the Navy, and the National Reserve had to take their place for coastal patrol work.
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| Source | Photograph by Melville Mackay in The Bystander, 23 September 1914, p587 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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