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Topical Budget 156-2: To Defend the East Coast (1914)
 

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"TO DEFEND THE EAST COAST. The 6th. County of London Royal Field Artillery parade at Eltham, and leave for the East coast." The horse-drawn artillery passes through a high street in Eltham observed by pedestrians and the passengers of a motor-bus. An artillery carriage is manoeuvred through a gateway. Soldiers on a parade ground; marching to the railway station in full combat outfit; departure on a train for the coast.