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| Picture No | 10793545 |
| Date | 1919 |
| Description | The Eagle hut disturbance, 1919 |
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Soldiers, sailors and civilians retiring from Bow Street police station following a riot where a crowd of around 1000 had protested at the arrest of two American soldiers, who had been playing a gambling game outside the YMCA Eagle Hut in Aldwych. The disturbance resulted in all American soldiers being transferred to other quarters and US sailors recalled to their ships.
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| Source | Unattributed photograph in The Illustrated London News, 15 March 1919 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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