RESPONSE OF GLASGOW TRAMWAY MEN TO THE COUNTRY'S "CALL TO ARMS"

Glasgow's Lord Provost Stevenson inspects the enthusiastic Tramway men, new recruits to the Highland Light Infantry in 1914, and bound for the Somme. (selected by Judith)

1914 | bw | silent

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