Oldham Historical Research Group

'THE GREAT WAR',     'THE WAR TO END WAR',     'WORLD WAR 1'
'What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
- Only the monstrous anger of the guns.'
                                                                                                  from 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' by Wilfred Owen

1914 - 1918

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Failsworth ambulance 1915

The Failsworth & Woodhouses Ambulance, 1915
Money was raised by local efforts

Contributed by : Martin Goodyear
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