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| Picture No | 10639861 |
| Date | 1911 |
| Description | Winston Churchill in Sidney Street, East London, 1911 |
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Winston Churchill, then Home Secretary, together with policemen and members of the Scots Guards, during the Sidney Street Siege (popularly known as the Battle of Stepney) in East London. The siege took place when it was discovered that a gang of Latvian anarchists responsible for the deaths of three policemen during an attempted robbery were living at 100 Sidney Street.
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| Source | Unattributed illustration on the front cover of The Illustrated London News, 7th January 1911. |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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