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Tower Hamlets Trained Band with matchlock muskets. From the mid-1500s ‘Trayned Bandes’ were auxiliary units trained to defend specific areas, in Tower Hamlets particularly the Tower of London. In the Civil War they were pressed into action for Parliament.
Photographer: Chris Honeywell
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