The Great War News from
Lancaster in 1914
These pages include reports from the local press in Lancaster and
district from August 1914, some illustrated with photographs from the
museum's collection. The accounts provide details of war time life
and happenings at home, but also contain fascinating accounts from
soldiers of the 1st Battalion on active service on the Western Front, as
well as the exploits of the 5th Battalion starting their training and
guarding the Great Western Railway.