Image: Buckingham Palace (13996052528)
Description: This is Friday 25th July 1919 and 10,000 people have been invited to Buckingham Palace to attend the King's Open Court in the grounds of the Palace as a grateful and unique tribute to War Workers. The people invited were representatives of millions of people who had engaged in war activities, the organisations invited to send representatives were many and varied including, nursing organisations, factory workers and Military units. Most of those invited were women such as these members of the Women's Royal Air Force. The WRAF had been founded on 1st April 1918 and attracted a total strength of 32,000, they were disbanded in early 1920.
Title: Buckingham Palace (13996052528)
Credit: Buckingham Palace
Author: Unknown, Topical Press Agency
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