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Brass Mill Date: 1938
Food for billeted soldiers, WW1A page from The Sketch showing what householders who had soldiers billeted with them were expected to provide in terms of meals for 3s. 4d halfpenny. Date: 1914
French Railway Alphabet - B for Billets (tickets). 19th century
The Gordon Services Club, 1940Margerie Doutie writing up the menu for the Gordon Services Club, based at the former Gordon Hospital in London. The Club, established in June 1940 by the Canadian Red Cross
The Maple Leaf Club, Brabazon HouseTwo soldiers share a joke with Mrs Murray, matron of the Maple Leaf Club, established during the War to provide food, medical treatment and accommodation for Canadian soldiers stationed in Britain
Canteen in BlandfordThe inside of a canteen in Blandford, Dorset, where women volunteers are dishing out food and tea to the troops. 1940
Blaw, Man! An incident in a billet in France, Arthur GarratA Scottish solider from a Highland regiment, wearing a kilt, tries to teach a small French boy how to play the bagpipes. Date: 1918
Bullets and Billets by Bruce Bairnsfather, frontispieceFrontispiece of Bullet and Billets, an autobiographical work by the wartime Bystander cartoonist and creator of Old Bill, Bruce Bairnsfather telling of his experiences in France from the outbreak of
British dug-out interior, WW1A sketch of a dug-out billet behind the lines showing an officer comfortably curled up under the curved corrugated iron roof which forms the main structure of the dug-out
Training munition workers at Shoreditch Technical InstituteScenes showing the training of munition workers at Shoreditch Technical Institute (run by London County Council) during the First World War
British troops in church billets in Flanders, WW1Just back from the trenches, British troops settle down in church billets during a service after a stretch of work in the first line on the Western Front
Billets - Cromwell Gardens - Dining area with decorated ceilBillets - Cromwell Gardens. Dining area in very large room with decorated ceiling. 21017 Private P. J. Hill, D Company, 20Th Battalion, The County Of London Regiment
The Bill for Billeting Soldiers, WW1Billeting terms for householders taking in soldiers during the early weeks of the First World War. with an extremely young soldier demonstrating how a young Tommy fits in - sleeping on the floor
King George V cheered by troops in France, WW1King George V, attended by his staff, cheered by troops in billets " somewhere in France" during a visit to the Front in 1916. Date: 1916
A Subalterns Stunts in Italy by H. L. OakleyA few scenes characteristic of when British troops arrived at their billets in an Italian village, as witnessed by the famous silhouette artist, Captain H. L. Oakley
Stunts silhouetted by H. L. OakleyA page of silhouettes by Captain H. L. Oakley published in The Bystander depicting the trials and tribulations of a billeting officer
Scenes from behind the front line in Flanders, H. L. OakleyScenes of French life behind the front lines, familiar to British soldiers billeted in France during the First World War, cut on the spot with scissors by Lieut. (later Captain) H. L
Pretez vos billets de banque e la France. Prenez des bons de la defense nationale. A French soldiers helmet crowned with holly. Underneath it are bank notes. Date 1918
Sheraton Desk 1805Desk by Thomas Sheraton, with pigeon-holes for your insurance certificates, bank statements and billets-doux