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WW1 At Home 17 - The Sikh Contribution & the Merseyside Ferries

World War One by BBC

Oct 10, 201414:28Society & Culture

The two Merseyside ferries who earned their 'Royal' title in a daring wartime raid, a Coventry memorial which marks the Sikhs role in World War One, and why thousands of mules trotted through the town of Minehead.

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