Picture No | 12688889 |
Date | 1939 |
Description | Scottish soldiers leaving for war in France, Sept 1939 |
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The kilted regiments photographed boarding a train to France to fight against Germany shortly after the outbreak of war, September 1939. The Sphere comments on the contribution of Scottish troops in the First World War, particularly at Ypres, Loos, the Somme, Bapaum, Moeuvres and Gallipoli.
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Source | Unattributed photograph in ‘The Sphere’, 30 September 1939, page 478 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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