A batch of potential recruits drawn up in front of the recruiting depot at St George's Barracks, London. Photograph showing the average representation of the youth of the British Nation. The War Office reduced the standard of height for the infantry to 5 feet -3 half inches and a 32 inch chest, during the Boer War of the second wave of recruitments.
![A batch of potential recruits drawn up in front of the recruiting depot at St George's Barracks, London. Photograph showing the average representation of the youth of the British Nation. The War Office reduced the standard of height for the infantry to 5 feet -3 half inches and a 32 inch chest, during the Boer War of the second wave of recruitments. Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2RGB7WA/a-batch-of-potential-recruits-drawn-up-in-front-of-the-recruiting-depot-at-st-georges-barracks-london-photograph-showing-the-average-representation-of-the-youth-of-the-british-nation-the-war-office-reduced-the-standard-of-height-for-the-infantry-to-5-feet-3-half-inches-and-a-32-inch-chest-during-the-boer-war-of-the-second-wave-of-recruitments-2RGB7WA.jpg)
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Chronicle / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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5475 x 4154 px | 46.4 x 35.2 cm | 18.3 x 13.8 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
28 July 2021Photographer:
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