Army Service Corps soldiers play games during military tournaments in Woolwich. The tournament is held to raise funds for Blue and Red Cross in World War I. In one game ( "horse and rider") a man, carried on shoulders of his teammate, tries to unseat an opponent carried by another. Both "rider" opponents use poles padded with boxing gloves. Another soldier exhibits card tricks at a table. A large crowd gathers for the games.
King George V of the United Kingdom reviews children in uniform in France during World War 1. Queen Mary of Teck, the Queen consort of the United Kingdom, reviews women associated with an ambulance corps and reviews British nurses stationed in France with daughter, Princess Mary.
Members of British trade unions gather in Hyde Park in London, England (Hyde Park, London W2 2EU, United Kingdom). Trade unionists protest rising food prices, during World War 1. They parade carrying their respective trade union banners and assemble to listen to speakers.
People gathered in Hyde Park, London, England, during World War 1, to protest high food prices and milk shortages. Most in this particular group are women and children. British carry signs that read ' hands off the baby's milk' and ' feed babys or pigs' A woman holds up a crying baby.
A public meeting in London, England. Andrew Bonar Law addresses the gathering from a podium, under a tent. Several men stand against a building, including Sir Edward Carson, leader of the Ulster Unionists, who holds a sign that reads, "Rebel hands may tear down the flag, but they will never tame the lion hearts of Ulster" In change of scene, British Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, and World War I British Field Marshal Sir Henry Rawlinson, with other officers and civilian officials are seen on a reviewing stand.
British troops of the Worcestershire Regiment wave their hats for the camera as they march toward the front during Battle of the Somme, in World War 1. Large number of German prisoners of war march the opposite war, toward the rear, under guard, to be taken to England for internment. They are loaded into railroad box cars for their trip to a French port of embarkation.
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