Mr A Phillips and Don the Great Dane, dressed as a field ambulance, raising money around Cannock for the Red Cross in 1914. (Cannock Library)
This is, after the introduction and the first section on the Wyrley area prior to the Great War, the second section on Great Wyrley and the Great War; it examines, in two parts, the war months of 1914. These two parts, of which this is the second, look at the initial responses in Wyrley, Cheslyn Hay and other areas, to recruitment, fund-raising, food economy, as well as local support and understanding of the war, along with its views of the foe. Please remember, as per the introduction, the evidence used is not confined to Great Wyrley, and military, along with national, events are used for context… click the link below…
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