ADMIRALTY GIVES US SAILORS A "BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY". JULY 1943, AT THE INVITATION OF THE ADMIRALTY, A LARGE PARTY OF US SEAMAN WERE GIVEN A "BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY" WITH THEIR ENGLISH GIRL FRIENDS ON THE THAMES. THE GUESTS WENT BY RIVER STEAMER FROM HAMPTON COURT VISITING RUNNYMEDE AND WINDSOR, WHERE THEY WERE SHOWN OVER THE CASTLE. DURING PART OF THE TRIP THE STEAMER WAS ESCORTED BY LAUNCHES MANNED BY HOME GUARDS OF THE RIVER PATROL. - In the grounds of Windsor Castle, where the US seamen were given special permission to take photographs to send back home. ,

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