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Manufacture of cork balls at Chingford General view of the house 28 November 1922

Manufacture of cork balls at Chingford
General view of the house
28 November 1922

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Ranji gives his house at Staines, Jamnagar as a hospital The Prince of Wales

Ranji gives his house at Staines, Jamnagar as a hospital
The Prince of Wales Hospital.
Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar GCSI, GBE (10 September 1872 - 2 April 1933) (known as K.S. Ranjitsinhji, Ranji or Smith during his career) was an Indian prince and Test cricketer who played for the English cricket team. He also played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, and county cricket for Sussex. Legendary batsman

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The onset of World War One in England

Events at the beginning of the First World War in England. Clockwise from top left: the Archbishop of Canterbury's Faculty for marriage licenses (many marriages had to be hastened as soldiers left for war); Princess Lichnovsky, wife of the German Ambassador, who had to leave Britain at the start of war with Germany, out for a final stroll; the Oval cricket ground used in connection with the mobilisation of the territorials; Gen. James Grierson, Commander of the Second Corps of the BEF; a house comandeered as a hospital; Sir Robert and Lady Baden-Powell leaving the war office; Sir John French, the Inspector General, leaving the war office; Lord Haldane and Lord Kitchener outside the war office; Lord Roberts leaving the war office. Date: 1914

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