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Demobilisation wwi Stock Photos and Images
RM2RGDPB2–Demobilised men at the Demobilisation Office in Whitehall waiting to get their papers. The group here are captioned as 'pivotal' (the job creators) and 'slip' men (those who had written assurance from employers of a position after the war) - the first of the post-war workforce to be demobilised from the army.
RMRYJ8EA–First World War / WWI, Germany, demobilization of the German army, a regiment Prussian cavalry is marching across the Pariser Platz in Berlin, December 1918, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available
RM2WXM71R–Original WW1 era comic cartoon postcard of invalided Scottish man in wheelchair faced with a desperate single woman. Around two million came home to Britain from First World War with some disability. dated / posted 22 Sept 1919, U.K.
RM2E4F5FW–Original post WW1 comic postcard of married couple, fashionable young woman, army uniform, furlough cut short, during demobilization furlough posted 16 June 1929 from Birmingham, U.K.
RM2RAADP1–Demobilised men at the Demobilisation Office in Whitehall waiting to get their papers. The group here are captioned as 'pivotal' (the job creators) and 'slip' men (those who had written assurance from employers of a position after the war) - the first of the post-war workforce to be demobilised from the army. Date: 1919
RMR16C72–French 1918 Armistice celebrations of homecoming troops re-uniting with their loved ones. Sculpture on the Toulouse War Monument, by Camille Raynaud
RM2DCAHNT–First World War discharge certificate issued by the Under Secretary of State, The War Office, London, SW1. King's Regulations Paragraph 392
RM2M3KAB9–Scenes at Crystal Palace at the end of the WWI showing soldiers demobilising at a rate of over 4000 a day. Date: 1919
RM2M3PCGG–A British soldier waits patiently, along with many others at a dispersal station as he goes through the process of demobilisation at the end of the First World War. Date: 1919
RM2RAAC15–Princess Mary presenting medals to Land Girls in December 1919 at the Draper's Hall, at their last rally before demobilisation. Fifty five women were awarded Distinguished Service Bars for deeds of bravery whilst in charge of horses, cattles and the like. Pictured is Miss Ascanio being decorated by the Princess. Date: 1919
RMR16C71–French 1918 Armistice celebrations of homecoming troops re-uniting with their loved ones. Sculpture on the Toulouse War Monument, by Camille Raynaud
RM2M3PF5Y–'Goodbye, plenty work and no plenty chow-chow!' Happy Chinamen making for the transport's gangway, their task in Europe ended. Members of the Chinese Labour Corps departing France following demobilisation at the end of the First World War. Date: 1920
RM2DCAH3G–First World War discharge certificate issued by the Under Secretary of State, The War Office, London, SW1. Army form B 108D. Ordnance Corps
RM2M3PABE–Demobilised men at the Demobilisation Office in Whitehall waiting to get their papers. The group here are captioned as 'pivotal' (the job creators) and 'slip' men (those who had written assurance from employers of a position after the war) - the first of the post-war workforce to be demobilised from the army. Date: 1919
![Le démobilisé, c. 1914/1919. [The demobilised soldier]. Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2EH5C5N/le-dxe9mobilisxe9-c-19141919-the-demobilised-soldier-2EH5C5N.jpg "Le démobilisé, c. 1914/1919. [The demobilised soldier]. Stock Photo")
RM2M3PCG8–'Old Bill got very severely checked the other day for anticipating demobilisation by wearing some mufti that he had sent out to him from home.' Old Bill, the soldier character created by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, is reprimanded for being a bit premature changing into civilian clothes in anticipation of demobilisation at the end of the war. Date: 1919
RM2RGDMHP–Princess Mary presenting medals to Land Girls in December 1919 at the Draper's Hall, at their last rally before demobilisation. Fifty five women were awarded Distinguished Service Bars for deeds of bravery whilst in charge of horses, cattles and the like. Pictured is Miss Ascanio being decorated by the Princess.
RM2M3P72F–Princess Mary presenting medals to Land Girls in December 1919 at the Draper's Hall, at their last rally before demobilisation. Fifty five women were awarded Distinguished Service Bars for deeds of bravery whilst in charge of horses, cattles and the like. Pictured is Miss Ascanio being decorated by the Princess. Date: 1919
RM2M3P9PF–An advertisement for 'Super' football boots from W. Abbott & Sons of the Strand and Regent Street. The advert suggests to officers that a pair would make a perfect gift to express appreciation of their men, and that playing football would pass the time while waiting for demobilisation. In fact, it suggests having a whip round at the mess and equipping a whole team! Date: 1918
RM2M3PCHC–'Owing to demobilisation not exactly synchronising with the taking back of the Hotel Terrific by the management, General Sir Claude Cumbersome has to deal with a lot of returns under most impossible conditions.' During the First World War, a number of smart hotels were requisitioned for military use. According to this cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, the hoteliers have moved back in with the end of the war before the military have moved out! 1919
RMR16C74–French 1918 Armistice celebrations of homecoming troops re-uniting with their loved ones. Sculpture on the Toulouse War Monument, by Camille Raynaud
RM2DCAKCK–First World War discharge certificate issued by the Under Secretary of State, The War Office, London, SW1
![Advertisement for Moss Bros Ltd, 'naval, military and civil outfitters' informing customers of the changes at the store due to demobilisation following the end of the First World War. In response to "DerTag" - or 'The Day' - customers at Moss Bros could find everything they needed to change from uniform to mufti. The advertisement includes a silhouette of a man in civilian clothes and a small illustration of a rail station, suggesting the return of men after serving in the war. Date: 1919 Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2M3PCH8/advertisement-for-moss-bros-ltd-naval-military-and-civil-outfitters-informing-customers-of-the-changes-at-the-store-due-to-demobilisation-following-the-end-of-the-first-world-war-in-response-to-quotdertagquot-or-the-day-customers-at-moss-bros-could-find-everything-they-needed-to-change-from-uniform-to-mufti-the-advertisement-includes-a-silhouette-of-a-man-in-civilian-clothes-and-a-small-illustration-of-a-rail-station-suggesting-the-return-of-men-after-serving-in-the-war-date-1919-2M3PCH8.jpg "Advertisement for Moss Bros Ltd, 'naval, military and civil outfitters' informing customers of the changes at the store due to demobilisation following the end of the First World War. In response to "DerTag" - or 'The Day' - customers at Moss Bros could find everything they needed to change from uniform to mufti. The advertisement includes a silhouette of a man in civilian clothes and a small illustration of a rail station, suggesting the return of men after serving in the war. Date: 1919 Stock Photo")
RM2M3PCH8–Advertisement for Moss Bros Ltd, 'naval, military and civil outfitters' informing customers of the changes at the store due to demobilisation following the end of the First World War. In response to "DerTag" - or 'The Day' - customers at Moss Bros could find everything they needed to change from uniform to mufti. The advertisement includes a silhouette of a man in civilian clothes and a small illustration of a rail station, suggesting the return of men after serving in the war. Date: 1919
RM2M3NHF8–The demobilisation of the army at the end of World War I was a slow process as this picture, from January 1919 confirms. Some units remained to police the Rhineland region, and were topped up by regulars, but the rest would be divided up for demobilisation according to priority. Civil servants - the ones who would administer the return of so many men to the workforce - went first, followed by pivotal men (the job creators) and then slip men (who had notes from employers promising work). The system was flawed, allowing more recent recruits to demob earlier than longer serving soldiers, but a
![As Old Bill said to himself, "Me and Maggie didn't 'arf 'ave a time this Christmas." Old Bill, the soldier character created by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander is pictured in the 31 December 1919 issue of the magazine beaming along with his wife Maggie, having enjoyed Christmas free of the cares of war and demobilisation. Date: 1919 Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2M3PCXA/as-old-bill-said-to-himself-quotme-and-maggie-didnt-arf-ave-a-time-this-christmasquot-old-bill-the-soldier-character-created-by-captain-bruce-bairnsfather-in-the-bystander-is-pictured-in-the-31-december-1919-issue-of-the-magazine-beaming-along-with-his-wife-maggie-having-enjoyed-christmas-free-of-the-cares-of-war-and-demobilisation-date-1919-2M3PCXA.jpg "As Old Bill said to himself, "Me and Maggie didn't 'arf 'ave a time this Christmas." Old Bill, the soldier character created by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander is pictured in the 31 December 1919 issue of the magazine beaming along with his wife Maggie, having enjoyed Christmas free of the cares of war and demobilisation. Date: 1919 Stock Photo")
RM2M3PCXA–As Old Bill said to himself, "Me and Maggie didn't 'arf 'ave a time this Christmas." Old Bill, the soldier character created by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander is pictured in the 31 December 1919 issue of the magazine beaming along with his wife Maggie, having enjoyed Christmas free of the cares of war and demobilisation. Date: 1919
RMR16C75–French 1918 Armistice celebrations of homecoming troops re-uniting with their loved ones. Sculpture on the Toulouse War Monument, by Camille Raynaud
RM2DCAH40–First World War discharge certificate issued by the Under Secretary of State, The War Office, London, SW1. Time served
RM2M3PE99–A tailor measures a demobbed soldier for civilian clothes after his return from the Great War. Date: 1919
![Le démobilisé, c. 1914/1919. [The demobilised soldier]. Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2EH5C66/le-dxe9mobilisxe9-c-19141919-the-demobilised-soldier-2EH5C66.jpg "Le démobilisé, c. 1914/1919. [The demobilised soldier]. Stock Photo")
RM2M3PCHA–Demobilising our secret service. A snaking line of people disguised a old women, beggars, trees and even cows, are demobilised at the end of the First World War and emerge through a building looking thoroughly ordinary and respectable. Date: 1919
RM2M3PE72–A demobbed soldier tries on a bowler hat for size after the end of the First World War. Date: 1919
RM2M3NHEC–Advertisement for Kenilworth Cigarettes with an illustration by Fred Pegram depicting a soldier saying goodbye to his wife or sweetheart before he departs for the Front by train. Other couples can be seen bidding similar farewells on the platform, creating an emotional scene. Most importantly, the soldier makes the lady promise to send him news of herself every day as well as some Kenilworth Cigarettes every week. Date: 1916
RM2M3R9FK–Ladies eagerly arrive at a ball for demobilised officers in an illustration which is cheekily entitled, 'A husband-hunting expedition,' - a comment on the dearth of single men at the end of the First World War. Illustration by Gladys Peto to accompany Phrynette's Letter from London by Marthe Troly-Curtin in The Sketch magazine; done in her typically decorative style. Date: 1919
RM2M3PF58–Inspecting bracelets - the British repatriation officer checking each Chinese labourer's number, engraved on a brass bangle clamped to the left wrist. Date: 1920
RM2M3NHF7–A Tommy (on furlough pending discharge): 'Blimey! I should fancy I had my bathing costume on.' A soldier returning home weighed down with a greatcoat, boots, rifle, rucksack and (in the case of this particular man) a number of Christmas presents, must have found civvies a strangely enlightening experience. Demobilised soldiers could choose to keep their greatcoats or to hand them back to the Army in return for a payment of 1. Date: 1919
RM2M3PC84–A party of New Zealand soldiers on board the Remuera, heading home accompanied by their English wives who they had met and married while in Britain. In some cases, the couples are accompanied by children and babies. Date: 1919
RM2M3P8PY–An advertisement from men's outfitters, Moss Bros, highlighting the transition of men's clothign from uniform back to civilian now that the war had ended. The firm welcomes back, 'the thousands of Officers they have equipped with khaki - and they inform them that they hold the largest, most varied, and unequalled stock of mufti in London.' Date: 1918
RM2DCAKC8–First World War discharge certificate issued by the Under Secretary of State, The War Office, London, SW1. Army form B 108D. Ordnance Corps
RM2DCAKC2–First World War discharge certificate issued by the Under Secretary of State, The War Office, London, SW1. Army form B 108D. Ordnance Corps
RM2M3PEPJ–Untraining the Army - another idea from William Heath Robinson for ensuring soldiers become accustomed once more to civilian life. In this case, they practice sleeping under roofs of increasing size - having spent a good amount of the last few years sleeping outside. Date: 1917
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