Recruit To Pensioners 1949

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Recruitment of Chelsea Pensioner.

L/S Charles Forshaw entering the Royal Hospital in Chelsea, London Chelsea for enlisting into the Old Age Pensioners (Chelsea Pensioner). He is shown to his new quarters. L/S Making his way to the Quartermasters Store, inside the Quartermasters Store, being...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
34204
Sort Number:
NP 227
Time in/Out:
01:26:38:00 / 01:30:43:00
Canister:
NP 227
Film ID:
1263.20
Issue Date:
17/01/1949

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