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Re: LONDON Street WWI soldiers Craven Dairy MP? Famous person? LOCATION help, please
« Reply #18 on: Wednesday 14 September 16 08:20 BST (UK) »
Looks more like Gene Tunney than Charlie Chaplin, matthewj64.

Indeed there IS a resemblance, I wouldn't knock it out. Would an American wear such a hat?

Apparently Tunney was known as a thinking fighter, hence the book?! I looked on Wiki which doesn't list any Pro boxing matches in the UK.

Perhaps if he's outside a pub he was Punch Drunk.....?
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Re: LONDON Street WWI soldiers Craven Dairy MP? Famous person? LOCATION help, please
« Reply #19 on: Wednesday 14 September 16 09:21 BST (UK) »
do you want me to move this to the London Board so more eyes get to see it?
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Re: LONDON Street WWI soldiers Craven Dairy MP? Famous person? LOCATION help, please
« Reply #20 on: Wednesday 14 September 16 10:44 BST (UK) »
Given the probable approximate location,as per dawnsh,perhaps the background is coincidental and he is being escorted to Bow Street Magistrates Court?Perhaps the book is relevant to a trial?

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Re: LONDON Street WWI soldiers Craven Dairy MP? Famous person? LOCATION help, please
« Reply #21 on: Wednesday 14 September 16 11:06 BST (UK) »
Just as a matter of interest the soldiers are wearing  economy tunics, and although difficult to see, the cap badges could be Army Service Corps.


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CHOULES All ,  COKER Harwich Essex & Rochester Kent 
COLE Gt. Oakley, & Lt. Oakley, Essex.
DUNCAN Kent
EVERITT Colchester,  Dovercourt & Harwich Essex
GULLIVER/GULLOFER Fifehead Magdalen Dorset
HORSCROFT Kent.
KING Sturminster Newton, Dorset. MONK Odiham Ham.
SCOTT Wrabness, Essex
WILKINS Stour Provost, Dorset.
WICKHAM All in North Essex.
WICKHAM Medway Towns, Kent from 1880
WICKHAM, Ipswich, Suffolk.


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Re: LONDON Street WWI soldiers Craven Dairy MP? Famous person? LOCATION help, please
« Reply #22 on: Wednesday 14 September 16 11:15 BST (UK) »
Just as a matter of interest the soldiers are wearing  economy tunics, and although difficult to see, the cap badges could be Army Service Corps.


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Re: LONDON Street WWI soldiers Craven Dairy MP? Famous person? LOCATION help, please
« Reply #23 on: Wednesday 14 September 16 12:52 BST (UK) »
He reminds me of someone about to get on the soapbox and deliver a controversial speech on the evils of drink or some other inflammatory topic, but why the military presence.

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Re: LONDON Street WWI soldiers Craven Dairy MP? Famous person? LOCATION help, please
« Reply #24 on: Wednesday 14 September 16 13:04 BST (UK) »
Good afternoon,

As they are wearing economy tunics then it is 1915 1917ish. The economy tunic was only issued during WW1.

Also no medal ribbons which would indicate during the war and not post war 1920s..

I had thought maybe Roman Rd, Bow but the difficulty is that London was badly damaged in WW2. Most of Roman Rd is post war buildings.

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Re: LONDON Street WWI soldiers Craven Dairy MP? Famous person? LOCATION help, please
« Reply #25 on: Wednesday 14 September 16 16:23 BST (UK) »
Given the probable approximate location, as per dawnsh, perhaps the background is coincidental and he is being escorted to Bow Street Magistrates Court? Perhaps the book is relevant to a trial?

Whoever the gentleman is, maybe he's <i>leaving</i> the court, and looking as if he has just won his case ... but what case ?

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Bow St
East Side

Police Court
Police Station
Board of Trade Exchange
30 London County & Westminster Bank
31-3 Elders & Fyffes Ltd fruit importers
33-4 Lyons J cafe
35 Bradley & Son fruit salesman
36 Express Dairy Co Ltd
37 Globe Tavern
38 Harris Thomas dairyman
39 Marquis of Anglesea

Whilst the business names don't fit the picture, the nature of the businesses do.
Looking at the curve of the street on G**gle maps I think the picture is taken outside the Marquis of Anglesea.
Almeroth, Germany (probably Hessen). Mawer, Softley, Johnson, Lancaster, Tatum, Bucknall (E.Yorks, Nfk, Lincs)

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Re: LONDON Street WWI soldiers Craven Dairy MP? Famous person? LOCATION help, please
« Reply #26 on: Wednesday 14 September 16 18:22 BST (UK) »
Middlesex: KING,  MUMFORD, COOK, ROUSE, GOODALL, BROWN
Oxford: MATTHEWS, MOSS
Kent: SPOONER, THOMAS, KILLICK, COLLINS
Cambs: PRIGG, LEACH
Hants: FOSTER
Montgomery: BREES
Surrey: REEVE