The Vultures mb-artistname Thomas with a half mended boot

with a half mended boot in his lap

View of St Lawrence Jewry from Guildhall Yard

The chapel was built in 1512

They were capable of a top speed of 121 mph

Richard Briers and Prunella Scales stars of the BBC Comedy "Marriage Lines" 30th December 1964

The Vultures mb-artistname Thomas with a half mended boot'The Vultures', 1887. The vultures of the War Office and Contractor hover over a fallen soldier. This concerned a great scandal over the supply of defective weapons to the armed forces. Some weapons were unfit for service. Bayonets would twist and bend, as would swords. Guns exploded and cartridges jammed. The supplies too often arrived via a corrupt system of contractors, but would, of course, put Britain's fighting men in grave danger in the field.