A line of taxis opposite the Automobile Association head office in Whitcomb Street, each displaying a banner 'We are enlisting for war', ready to take a band of road scouts to enlist for action in the First World War

Date:
19 Sept 1914
Location:
Whitcomb Street, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority, Wc2
Reference:
BL22698
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The photograph was taken for the Automobile Association. Five hundred of their staff volunteered for service in the First World War with many joining the 8th (Cyclists') Battalion of the Essex Regiment. Conscription only came in to force in 1916.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Boucher, Adolphe Augustus: Bedford Lemere And Company

Keywords

People, First World War, Road Transport