Picture No | 10700915 |
Date | 1915 |
Description | River trip for wounded soldiers, WW1 |
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An up river trip on the River Thames from Kingston to Walton and back for wounded soldiers convalescing at the Victoria Hospital Chelsea arranged by the print-machine managers at the Illustrated London News and Sketch Ltd. The machine-managers arranged for a private motor bus to convey the soldiers from hospital to Kingston bridge where they boarded the Sunbury Belle. They had lunch on board and on the way back, a Union Jack flags was flown from Kingston bridge and the whole company stood to sing the National Anthem.
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Source | Photograph in The Sketch, 9 June 1915 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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