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1914: Remembering Kingston at War

Posted by: Lucy Harris, Posted on: 25 June 2014 - Categories: Defence and conflict, First World War
A photograph of two re-enactors dressed as a Tommy and a VAD nurse and two members of the museum staff dressed in Edwardian costume. The photograph is taken in the trench exhibit which is part of the exhibition.

...visitors reach a section focusing on Under age and Over age soldiers, telling the tale of Sidney Lewis, the youngest combatant to sign up during the First World War (at...

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