The 'Salute the Soldier Week' was held from June 17th to 24th 1944, ie shortly after the D-Day landings in Normandy.
These photographs
feature the Bank's Head Office in Broad Street, and some of the members of the Armed Forces passing in front of a saluting point located
before Head Office with its daily message - see also:
June 20th 1944:
The Day's Message to the Lord Mayor
is from General Sir Bernard Montgomery:
June 22nd 1944:
The Day's Message to the Lord Mayor
is from General Eisenhower:
These armoured vehicles proceed westwardly along Broad Street as they pass the Bank's Head Office. In the background, the Hall of
Memory is on the left, and city centre buildings on the right
These soldiers march along Broad Street
with Baskerville House in the background