Carlisle in the Great War

Reeks: Your Towns & Cities in the Great War

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  • How
  • the
  • experience
  • of
  • war
  • impacted
  • on
  • the
  • town,
  • from
  • the
  • initial
  • enthusiasm
  • for
  • sorting
  • out
  • the
  • German
  • kaiser
  • in
  • time
  • for
  • Christmas
  • 1914,
  • to
  • the
  • gradual
  • realization
  • of
  • the
  • enormity
  • of
  • human
  • sacrifice
  • the
  • families
  • of
  • Carlisle
  • were
  • committed
  • to
  • as
  • the
  • war
  • stretched
  • out
  • over
  • the
  • next
  • four
  • years.
  • A
  • record
  • of
  • the
  • growing
  • disillusion
  • of
  • the
  • people,
  • their
  • tragedies
  • and
  • hardships
  • and
  • a
  • determination
  • to
  • see
  • it
  • through.
  • Already
  • an
  • important
  • railway
  • junction,
  • with
  • local
  • industrial
  • and
  • commercial
  • interests
  • reflecting
  • its
  • historical
  • position
  • on
  • the
  • border
  • with
  • Scotland,
  • Carlisle
  • became
  • a
  • key
  • settlement
  • in
  • the
  • Great
  • War.
  • The
  • Carlisle
  • story
  • includes
  • the
  • arrival
  • of
  • Belgian
  • Refugees;
  • the
  • care
  • of
  • wounded
  • men
  • passing
  • through
  • the
  • city
  • on
  • hospital
  • trains;
  • recruiting
  • the
  • Lonsdale
  • Battalion;
  • dealing
  • with
  • the
  • aftermath
  • of
  • the
  • Gretna
  • rail
  • disaster;
  • caring
  • for
  • the
  • wounded
  • brought
  • to
  • the
  • local
  • hospitals
  • after
  • major
  • battles;
  • the
  • effect
  • of
  • the
  • Gretna
  • Munitions
  • factory
  • on
  • the
  • city
  • and
  • state
  • ownership
  • of
  • public
  • houses
  • and
  • breweries.
  • Beneath
  • these
  • new
  • activities
  • normal
  • life
  • continued
  • with
  • children
  • going
  • to
  • school,
  • local
  • government
  • dealing
  • with
  • a
  • growing
  • population
  • and
  • daily
  • work
  • and commerce
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