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Picture No 10699384
Date 1917
Description The Onions, WW1 entertainment troupe
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The Onions, a concert party entertaining troops on the Western Front during the First World War, so-called because they said they were always, "in the soup." The Tatler comments that they 'have had a marked success with all classes of audiences, even with those that included generals.' The inset pictures show Cyclist G. E. Francis as the Broken Doll and (right) Cyclist D. J. Fleming s the Hyde Park Girl.
Source Unattributed photograph in The Tatler, 21 March 1917
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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