Hidden Lives Revealed - Into the world: Former foster child as a Life Guard in the Household

This 'old boy', who had spent many years in foster care, is wearing the ceremonial uniform of the Life Guards Regiment in the Household Cavalry. The Society kept in touch with children who were boarded-out with foster parents, even after they had moved away.

Ref: WS15
Title: Former foster child as a Life Guard in the Household
Date: 1904
Location: London
Creator: Unknown, taken from Our Waifs and Strays, January 1904, page 218

Description:
This 'old boy', who had spent many years in foster care, is wearing the ceremonial uniform of the Life Guards Regiment in the Household Cavalry. The Society kept in touch with children who were boarded-out with foster parents, even after they had moved away.

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