Military march past by Australian troops at a parade in London after World War I. Shows troops with bayonets fixed marching past a building dressed with flags and the names of major war campaigns involving these troops. A large crowd watches from the other side of the road and the pavement near the troops, 1919
Photos taken during the course of several marches between the end of the war in 1918 and July 1919 show the streets of London filled with thousands of enthusiastic spectators as British regiments parade past Buckingham Palace.
Soldiers from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Britain and South Africa also took part in the victory parade through the streets of the capital.
Armed forces band and artillery soldiers in a parade
Marches were organised for returning troops following the armistice on November 11, 1918. The London Victory Parade, Anzac Day and the inspection of dominion troops by the king were all included in this.
In other snapshots, members of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps march through Ludgate Circus, while others show some of the military equipment including guns and airplanes captured from the Germans being lauded through the streets for crowds of onlookers to observe.
Britain's dominions around the world played a vital role in the allies' victory in World War One, with troops from more than 80 countries sent to battlefields across the globe.
A British naval contingent shouldering arms marches in a parade in Ludgate Circus in 1918.
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