"Peeping round corners, he exposed himself with the Scots Guards to the random fire of the besieged burglars": Mr. Winston Churchill top-hatted in the East End of London, during the Sidney Street Drama, 3rd January 1911 by English Photographer
© Bridgeman Art Library / Private Collection / The Stapleton Collection
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- "Peeping round corners, he exposed himself with the Scots Guards to the random fire of the besieged burglars": Mr. Winston Churchill top-hatted in the East End of London, during the Sidney Street Drama, 3rd January 1911
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- STC364882
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- Bridgeman Art Library
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- © Bridgeman Art Library / Private Collection / The Stapleton Collection
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Following a street battle in Houndsditch between City of London Police and a group of Latvian anarchists during which three policemen died, the police laid siege to a building at 100 Sidney Street; gang were armed with semi-automatic weapons and police called for back-up; Winston Churchill (1874-1965) then Home Secretary (left hand figure in top hat) ordered a detachment of Scots Guards to assist police; eventually the gang set fire to the house, two burned to death; 5 people were later put on trial but acquitted;notorious incident;
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