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Twenty-eight days furlough by Alfred LeeteA British soldier waits patiently, along with many others at a dispersal station as he goes through the process of demobilisation at the end of the First World War. Date: 1919
Cartoon, Laugh It Off AnnualCartoon in the Laugh It Off Annual -- Demobbed! and glad to be back on the old job, sir! An employee returned from the war sits in his office with a young woman on each knee
Apres la Guerre no. 5 - postcard drawn by George RansteadHumorous drawing on a postcard by George Ranstead, an amateur soldier artist of the Great War. This image, one of a series suggesting what life might be like at the end of the war
A husband hunting expedition by Gladys PetoLadies eagerly arrive at a ball for demobilised officers in an illustration which is cheekily entitled, A husband-hunting expedition
From khaki to civvies, end of WW1A tailor measures a demobbed soldier for civilian clothes after his return from the Great War. Date: 1919
Demobilisation - pivotal and slip men in WhitehallDemobilised men at the Demobilisation Office in Whitehall waiting to get their papers. The group here are captioned as pivotal (the job creators)
From Khaki to Mufti, Moss Bros advertisement, 1918An advertisement from mens outfitters, Moss Bros, highlighting the transition of mens clothign from uniform back to civilian now that the war had ended
A Facer by Wilmot LuntAn ex-WRAF (Womens Royal Air Force) worker asks her pretty friend who is still in uniform and acting as a driver, I wonder why they demobbed me before you? Don t you, Maude. Date: 1919
The Lighter Side by Bernard HughA Tommy (on furlough pending discharge): Blimey! I should fancy I had my bathing costume on. A soldier returning home weighed down with a greatcoat, boots, rifle
Over the Top by Bernard HughThe demobilisation of the army at the end of World War I was a slow process as this picture, from January 1919 confirms. Some units remained to police the Rhineland region
