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Description: | British schoolchild in Sheffield, 1914-1916
REEL 1 Recollections of period as schoolchild in Sheffield, Yorks 1914-1916: success of Kitchener poster recruitment campaign, initial training and send off of recruits with 12 Bn York and Lancaster Regt in Sheffield and Redmires Camp, 9/1914-5/1915; following process of war at school; hymn singing and prayers for soldiers at school assembly; reactions to news of casualties suffered by 12th Bn York &Lancaster Regt at Serre, Somme area, France, 1/7/1916; hymn singing and prayers for soldiers at school assembly; making sandbags at school; knitting for soldiers; reactions to news of casualties suffered by 12th Bn York & Lancaster Regt at Serre, 1/7/1916; reception of wounded at newly formed 3rd Northern General Hospital and Warncliffe War Hospital, 7/1916. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | BBC | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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