War Office
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The War Office has referred to several British government organisations throughout history, all relating to the army. It was a department of the British Government responsible for the administration o
View of the former War Office building from Whitehall.
The former War Office building facing Horse Guards Avenue.
Horse Guards (building)
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Horse Guards is a historic building in the City of Westminster, London, between Whitehall and Horse Guards Parade. It was built in the mid-18th century, replacing an earlier building, as a barracks an
Horse Guards viewed across Horse Guards Parade with the London Eye Ferris wheel in the background.
Old Horse Guards from St James's Park in 1749; painting by Canaletto.
A plan of William Kent's design for the new Horse Guards, dated 1750, the year that work commenced but after Kent's death.
His Last Return from Duty by James William Glass, depicting the Duke of Wellington leaving Horse Guards for the last time in 1852.