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Photograph of FM Sir Douglas Haig and standard bearers on horseback at the Victory March, London, 19 Jul 1919. From a set of card-mounted photographs and related ephemera, from an album compiled by Admiral Horace H Jalbert, while he was stationed in London serving as a Lieutenant with the US Navy, 1919. In Britain, peace was celebrated on 19 July 1919, with a Victory Parade in London as the main event. A camp for troops taking part was set up in Kensington Gardens, while thousands of civilians flocked to the capital for the festivities. Nearly 15,000 servicemen took part in the parade, led by Allied commanders Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig and Marshal Ferdinand Foch.

Victory March, London, July 1919 (World War One, Peace 1918-1921)