Picture No | 10208856 |
Date | 1870 |
Description | Recruiting in Westminster 1870 |
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Recruiting in King Street, London, Sergeant Kite at the public house bar. On 2 August 1870, as part of the Cardwell Reforms, Parliament had voted for the recruitment of 20,000 additional men for the army, spurred on by German success in the Franco-Prussian War. It was felt that the British Army needed modernising, as well as expanding in numbers.
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Source | Engraving by D. H Friston in 'Illustrated Times', 20 August 1870, page 121 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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