"3000 men at Drill". British army soldiers on parade in Summerdown Camp, Eastbourne, in 1915. Summerdown was a convalescence camp for British soldiers wounded on the Western Front during the First World War. The majority were returned to the front after their recovery.

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Size: 5181px × 2885px
Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, Great Britain
Photo credit: © The Palmer Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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