Leonard Bentley
Victoria Embankment
This is a 'National ' series postcard published by Millar & Lang, of Glasgow in about 1906 showing Victoria Embankment from Hungerford Bridge looking downstream towards the old Waterloo Bridge. Just leaving the Charing Cross pier for its next downstream stop is the London County Council paddle steamer 'Fitzailwin', one of thirty paddle steamers built for the LCC riverboat service in 1905. The 'Fitzailwin' was built by Napier & Miller in Glasgow and named after the first Mayor of London, Henry Fitzailwin. The LCC riverboat service collapsed in 1907 and the boats were laid up until 1909 when they were sold by auction, the 'Fitzailwin was bought by the City Steamboat Company and used on the Thames until the outbreak of war in 1914. In 1916 the War Office took over several of the boats on behalf of the Royal Indian Marine and four of them sailed under their own power to Baghdad, the 'Fitzailwin' was the first to arrive where they were used on the Tigris River by the Indian Army in support of operations against the Turks. In 1920 the 'Fitzailwin' was sold to Abdul al Khedery who was in the import/export business and renamed 'Aziziah' which is a girl's name, probably one of his children.
Victoria Embankment
This is a 'National ' series postcard published by Millar & Lang, of Glasgow in about 1906 showing Victoria Embankment from Hungerford Bridge looking downstream towards the old Waterloo Bridge. Just leaving the Charing Cross pier for its next downstream stop is the London County Council paddle steamer 'Fitzailwin', one of thirty paddle steamers built for the LCC riverboat service in 1905. The 'Fitzailwin' was built by Napier & Miller in Glasgow and named after the first Mayor of London, Henry Fitzailwin. The LCC riverboat service collapsed in 1907 and the boats were laid up until 1909 when they were sold by auction, the 'Fitzailwin was bought by the City Steamboat Company and used on the Thames until the outbreak of war in 1914. In 1916 the War Office took over several of the boats on behalf of the Royal Indian Marine and four of them sailed under their own power to Baghdad, the 'Fitzailwin' was the first to arrive where they were used on the Tigris River by the Indian Army in support of operations against the Turks. In 1920 the 'Fitzailwin' was sold to Abdul al Khedery who was in the import/export business and renamed 'Aziziah' which is a girl's name, probably one of his children.