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Railwaymen of Cumbria Remembered : A roll of honour produced by the Cumbrian Railways Association

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By Peter Robinson and Micheel Peascod 48 pages illustrated, A4 format. Available from CRA Book Sales 50 Tattershall Toothill Swindon SN5 8BX.   Price £4.00 post free.    ‘Railwaymen of the First War’ as a title would threaten to fill several volumes of books, encyclopaedic in size and scope so it is just as well that ‘Railwaymen of Cumbria…


'The Civilian Contribution to the Medical Needs of the Great War, with examples from Cumbria by Richard Preston'

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'The Civilian Contribution to the Medical Needs of the Great War, with examples from Cumbria'. Richard's talk looks at the development of VADs and how they were directly related to the growth of Auxiliary Hospitals (VAD hospitals) and the civilian appetite for voluntary efforts. It is based upon a report written in 1921 of the work done in Cumbria…