The Prince of Wales commissioned in the Grenadier Guards, London, August 1914 mb-code AAHZ001529 American torpedo boat

American torpedo boat

which in turn was their answer to sporty European imports

Two windmills can be seen on the left shore and in the middle distance a small child can be seen playing with a toy boat

French troops on the road to the trenches

The Prince of Wales commissioned in the Grenadier Guards, London, August 1914 mb-code AAHZ001529 American torpedo boatThe Prince of Wales commissioned in the Grenadier Guards, London, August 1914. The prince can be seen carrying the colour at Buckingham Palace. Illustration from George V and Edward VIII, A Royal Souvenir, by FGH Salusbury, a souvenir book published as Edward VIII was crowned following the death of his father, George V, (Daily Express Publication, London, 1936).