Lord Cavendish Opens Village War Memorial 1919

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Item title reads: "Lancaster - A Village As War Memorial - Lord R. Cavendish lays a commemorative stone over porch of first of 125 cottages for disabled soldiers of the K.O. Royal Lancaster Regt."

Lancaster, Lancashire.

LS Over crowd Lord Cavendish on dais. MS CU Lord Cavendish laying...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Bond
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
25268
Sort Number:
G 0617
Time in/Out:
01:05:52:00 / 01:06:46:00
Canister:
G 617
Film ID:
202.06
Issue Date:
20/11/1919

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