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Description: | This B-type bus has been converted into a troop carrier. The destination board indicates Victoria station; the words 'To Berlin' have been added. The photograph was taken in April 1915.
The Underground group (which included the London General Omnibus Company at the time) sent 16,000 men into the fighting forces. It also sent 1,300 buses like this one to carry troops and provisions to and from the Front.
One driver on the Western Front wrote 'Of the column to which I am attached, 75% of the drivers are London Omnibus drivers, and I am pleased to say we are all quite used to our new job. We have had three months in France
No matter at what hour they are called upon to deliver ammunition, the spirit the men show in performing their duties is splendid
the driving here is very difficult owing to the very heavy state of the roads'. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | London at War | Temporal: | Apr 1915 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Creator: | Photographer : Daily Mirror | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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