London buses returning from the trenches 1917 WW I
Illustration from the Great War Vol 10 published in 1918. London buses were used as a ferry service between reserve troop headquarters & the front line. Outward journey took reliefs & reinforcements & on the return journey bringing back men to the rest camps who had finished their spell in the trenches. Somewhere in the region of 900-1000 buses were redeployed from the capital to the war many drivers also went with them.
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