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Description: | The first Armistice Day in 1918 was a celebration of the end of years of bitter hardship. The following year, more sombre crowds lined the streets of central London to watch the Armistice Day parade.
From 1919 to 1950, the parade for the war dead was held on 11 November each year. This one took place around 1920.
Central to the photo is the B-type bus popularly known as 'Ole Bill'. It was one of nearly 1,000 London buses used to transport troops in France and Belgium during the First World War. A man in a London General Omnibus Company uniform is riding in the open top deck.
Around the bus, veteran soldiers in bowler hats are carrying flags and marching. They are wearing their medals on their coats. One man has only one arm and it is likely he was wounded during the war. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | London at War | Temporal: | circa 1920 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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