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Topical Budget 226-1: First Four Groups (1915)
 

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Title: "FIRST FOUR GROUPS. Pasting up the proclamation on the War Office calling up four groups of the Army Reserve under Lord Derby's Scheme."

A man pastes a proclamation on the wall, flanked by others. It reads "ARMY RESERVE" while others read "SOLDIERS' SEPARATION ALLOWANCES". A small crowd of men read the proclamations. Close-up of the proclamation, which is dated 20 December, 1915.