Collection relating to 1293 Staff Sergeant John (Jack) Rook, 38th Battalion

Accession Number P12715.064
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Rook, John
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Date made c 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

"The Tank Bank. Here you see/ a few buyers [for War bonds] only. There were/ thousands of people in the /Square when I took this. Note/ the hole in the front of the/ Tank ["Egbert"] where it has been struck/ by a shell. I dont remember who the small statue is in/ memory of the large column/ is part of Nelsons column."