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View of King George V's horses being disembarked from a LNWR horsebox by members of the royal household's staff at Dunchurch station

View of King George V's horses being disembarked from a LNWR horsebox by members of the royal household's staff at Dunchurch station. David Maltman writes, 'The vehicle is the double horsebox to D435 built for the royal train in 1900'. Prior to the Gallipoli Campaign, which involved tens of thousands of troops from Britain, Australia and New Zealand (ANZACS), troops involved in the campaign had to be marshalled at various locations across the country. One such place was in the Dunchurch area and during this period King George V visited Dunchurch to review the troops. March 1915

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