AA Road Scouts, Fanum House, Westminster, Greater London

Photograph taken September 1914 © Reproduced by permission of Historic England Archive ref: BL 22697

Road Scouts from the Automobile Association Company on parade outside their headquarters in Fanum House, Whitcomb Street. They are about to enlist for duty at the beginning of World War I whilst a crowd gathers to watch.

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Greater London Westminster

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World War One (1914 - 1919)

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Thousands of soldiers were stationed in training camps near to the village of Fovant, Wiltshire during the 1914-1918 war. In memory of those who died on the battlefields, many regiments created replica cap badges on the adjacent chalk downs by turf cutting and infilling with chalk. Although many badges have not survived, several were recently restored and are now Scheduled Ancient Monuments.

AA Road Scouts, Fanum House, Westminster, Greater London

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