"Gross received a commission to become an Official War Artist in March 1940, and subsequently remained in Britain for the first year recording events at home. This scene was probably recorded during his two weeks with the Guards Barracks at Caterham in Surrey later that month." image: a waiting room. On the right, a line of recruits in uniform sit on a bench with their backs to the viewer. Two officers sit at a desk in the corner of the room. Two men in civilian clothing stand awkwardly in the centre of the room holding brief cases, watched by some other uniformed men in the left corner.