An exterior view of the General Buildings at 99 and 101 Aldwych, with a crowd of Belgian refugees in the street outside

Date:
Oct 1914
Location:
General Buildings, 99-101 Aldwych, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority, Wc2
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Clement House, 99-101 Aldwych, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority, Wc2
Reference:
BL22817/005
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The General Buildings are a block of offices designed by Sir John Burnet and built between 1909 and 1911 for the General Accident Assurance Corporation, who also commissioned the photograph. The General Buildings housed the offices of the War Refugees Committee and the Belgian Labour section of the Ministry of Labour's Employment Exchange, perhaps because of the strong link between the General Accident Assurance Co and the Belgian Insurance industry.

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: Jwc: Bedford Lemere And Company

Keywords

Early 20th Century Commercial Office, First World War