On Parade 1916

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On Parade - a muster of Hoylake detachment of the Cheshire Division of the Voluntary Training Corps - 1916.

Location of events probably in Cheshire or Merseyside.

Troops, mostly in uniform, but some in civilian clothes, march about a field (in vague formation!). A sparse crowd watch...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
71582
Sort Number:
ON 024 H
Time in/Out:
01:39:46:00 / 01:40:53:00
Canister:
ON 024 H
Film ID:
1856.31
Issue Date:
1916

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