Reference
X591/3
Title
Photograph taken outside 76 Midland Road, Bedford - the storage depot of the Navy & Army Catering Board depot in the First World War. The driver standing on the running board of the lorry is H J Hill, who was invalided out of the Army after being badly gassed in France. The Army and Navy Store supplied Haynes Camp during the war and H J Hill made daily runs there. Black and white photograph of a postcard sold by "E S Ball, St Mary's Studio, Bedford". The photograph also includes an early van and car and shops 70-74.
Date free text
no date (circa 1914 - 1918)
Production date
From: 1914 To: 1918
Level of description
item