Balfour Mission
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The Balfour Mission, also referred to as the Balfour Visit, was a formal diplomatic visit to the United States by the British government during World War I, shortly after the United States declaration
The Balfour Mission, outside the home of Breckinridge Long at 2829 16th Street NW, Washington DC, where the group stayed during the trip (today the Mexican Cultural Institute).
Balfour in New York, 11 May 1917
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Tom Bridges
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Lieutenant-General Sir George Tom Molesworth Bridges was a British Army officer and the 19th Governor of South Australia.
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Bridges in 1918
Prince Edward, the prince of Wales, and Major General Tom Bridges, GOC of the 19th (Western) Division (in centre, facing camera), after inspection of the 8th (Service) Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment, near Beaussart, France, 1 February 1917.
Lieutenant-General Tom Bridges, head of all British war missions to the United States, pictured here at his headquarters in Washington, D.C., 29 April 1918
Governor Tom Bridges in 1927