A Rank Deception Finish:none showing three soldiers with firearms

showing three soldiers with firearms in a defensive position above the harbour

The Leathersellers' Hall had occupied the site of the dissolved St Helen's Priory and the crypt was exposed in 1799 when the hall was taken down to be rebuilt further to the east

Woolwich Dockyard was founded by Henry VIII in 1512 to build his flagship 'Henri Grace a Dieu' (the 'Great Harry')

Sandie Shaw and Dana Valery - on the pavement in the square

A Rank Deception Finish:none showing three soldiers with firearms'A Rank Deception', 1873. Britain's troops are on manoeuvres. Private Leary warns Private Smithers that if the officer hears him say he has lost half a stone through marching, he will be court martialled for losing government property. They were given no choice in army life, being owned body and soul. From Punch, or the London Charivari, February 8, 1873.