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Back to the wall - Churchill John Bull figure, Commonwealth troops clambering over wall Artist Leslie Illingworth

from The National Archives UK

  • ralph repo said:
    Nice! I noticed too, the preferential visual placement of the white troops with the Indian and African colonials literally marginalized.
  • jamica1 said:
    Which one is the Canadian?
  • Wing Lam said:
    John Bull is a national personification of the United Kingdom, especially in political cartoons and similar graphic works. He is usually depicted as a stout, middle-aged, country-dwelling, jolly and matter-of-fact man. He originated in satirical works of the early 18th century and would come to stand for English liberty in opposition to revolutionaries. He was popular through the 18th and 19th centuries until the time of the First World War, when he generally stopped being seen as representative of the "common man".

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bull

Ready for the Front

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Suck Diesel said:
    Looks like c. 1914/5, Artillery (RFA) or the Royal Horse Artillery (RHA).
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Suck Diesel I agree.
  • O Mac said:
    There was a Mary Sutton living in Nooke(Nuke) in 1926.
    Perhaps this a print of a photo taken of her husband Timothy 28 taken around WW1 time??
    (Note in Poole Index Book: says 'Copy'.)

    nationalarchives.ie
  • Niall McAuley said:
    O Mac Married 9 years in 1926.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    From the birth record of Thomas Sutton, we learn Mary was née Dalton.

    No, née Fitzsimmons, Mary Kate was the daughter of Thomas Dalton.

HMS Triumph Pre-Wetting Trial 1964

from North East Museums

  • cosgaya said:
    *Great shot! Seen in*
    Ship,Ship,Ship
  • John Walley said:
    Pre wetting was to wash away potential radioactive contamination. Recent times it seems they discovered it also has a role in radar stealth, the water droplets absorb radio waves?👍