Search

The 1/7th Royal Scots and the Quintinshill Rail Disaster : 22 May 1915

/world-war-i-articles/the-1-7th-royal-scots-and-the-quintinshill-rail-disaster-22-may-1915/

At the time of the First World War, Britain had a large number of railway companies each owning varying amounts of track and junctions. Often the point where companies’ tracks met became bottlenecks. One such junction was on the English-Scottish border at Gretna. To alleviate difficulties, a set of loops, sidings and signal boxes were constructe...

Tragedy at Quintinshill - May 1915, Grant Cullen

/branches/united-kingdom/midlands-east/events/tragedy-at-quintinshill-may-1915-grant-cullen/

The Quintinshill rail disaster was a multi-train rail crash which occurred on 22 May 1915 outside the Quintinshill signal box near Gretna Green in Dumfriesshire, and resulted in the deaths of over 200 people. The majority of those killed were mainly Territorial soldiers from the 1/7th (Leith) Battalion, the Royal Scots heading for Gallipoli.In t...

The Quintinshill Rail Disaster 22 May 1915 - with David Carter.

/branches/united-kingdom/scotland-south/events/the-quintinshill-rail-disaster-22-may-1915-with-david-carter/

David will examine the events surrounding the notorious multi-train rail crash at Quintinshill Junction, near Gretna, when a southbound troop train carrying territorials of the Leith based 1/7th Royal Scots slammed into a local service. With over 220 dead, and a similar number injured, it remains the worst crash in the history of the railways in...