File:Troops from the Grenadier Guards constructing sandbag defences around government buildings on the corner of Horse Guards Road, Great George Street and Birdcage Walk, London, May 1940. H1588.jpg
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![File:Troops from the Grenadier Guards constructing sandbag defences around government buildings on the corner of Horse Guards Road, Great George Street and Birdcage Walk, London, May 1940. H1588.jpg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Troops_from_the_Grenadier_Guards_constructing_sandbag_defences_around_government_buildings_on_the_corner_of_Horse_Guards_Road%2C_Great_George_Street_and_Birdcage_Walk%2C_London%2C_May_1940._H1588.jpg/800px-thumbnail.jpg?20171102140631)
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- British Army 1939-1945 images from the Imperial War Museum (1940)
- Great George Street, London
- One Great George Street
- Horse Guards Road
- Birdcage Walk
- Guards units during World War II
- May 1940 in London
- Buildings in London photographed in 1940
- War Office Second World War Official Collection
- Sandbags as fortifications