A makeshift rifle range at the Automobile Association head office at Fanum House, Whitcomb Street

Date:
21 Sept 1914
Location:
Fanum House, 66-68 Whitcomb Street, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority
Reference:
BL22699
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The photograph was taken for the Automobile Association days after two others were taken for them, showing several of their staff who were about to enlist. Five hundred of their road scouts, known as cycle scouts, 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

Office, First World War