The Last Post: Remembering the Post Office’s contribution to the Great War

Published on 17 April 2022
Submitted by Chris Taft

Chris Taft, from the British Postal Museum outlines the contribution made by the postal service to the First World War. This presentation explores not only the vital work of managing the postal system at home but the huge task of delivering mail to a world at war.

Chris also explores the role played by women who had to carry on the postal business at home managing in circumstances where vast numbers of the regular workforce were off at war. 

The talk draws on original research from the Royal Mail Archive, held by The Postal Museum.

The Last Post: Remembering the Post Office’s contribution to the Great War
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