Bentley Gallery

Old Shops on Cripplegate, London

Old Shops on Cripplegate, London, including H B Bentley, Tie and Scarf Manufacturers - McBlain Newton Co - Bakers for the Aerated Bread Company and (in the distance) the 'Somerset' Pub. Today these buildings have all vanished and form part of the Barbican Centre (now Wood Street). Date: circa 1905

3/20th London Regiment (Blackheath & Woolwich) in training

The Army in training, in this instance the 3/20th London Regiment (Blackheath and Woolwich). 1. Round the cook house, 2, the boot repairers, 3, bayonet practice, 4. non-commissioned officers 5. instruction in the use of the rife, 6. the sergeants' cooks, 7. Group of officers, back row, left to right - Sec.-Lt H. J. Goodale, Sec.Lt. J. Crawford, Sec. Lt. F. S. Buliner, Sec.-Lt. C. Stevenson, Sec. Lt. C. V. Troughton, Sec-Lt. E. A. Osmond, Sec-Lt. J. Crossland. Front row, left to right, Sec.-Lt. L. A. Young, Sec.-Lt. C. Renton, Capt. and Adjt. C. Rowton Hefford, Major F. C. Bentley, Capt. E. Fitzgerald, Lt. F. A. Pring, R.A.M.C, Sec.-Lt. E. F. Gumming. Date: 1916

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Sir Henry Birken in the 1931 French Grand Prix at Pau

Sir Henry Birken (refreshing himself with an orange) in the 4.5-litre, four cylinder, 240 hp supercharged Bentley, four seater sports car, weighing two tons, which he drove into second place in the 1931 French Grand Prix at Pau at an average of 88.8 mph for 247 miles Date: 1931

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