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First World War Gallery

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Retired staff returning to work at Didcot Station, 1917

Soldiers and Sailors Buffet at Paddington Station, 1919

Highland Band at Paddington Station, 1915

Wartime recruiting posters at Paddington Station, 1915

SS Africa at Tilbury Docks, September 1915

Leatherwork for howitzers and 8 pdr guns, made at Swindon Works, c.1915

Macaw B railway wagon No. 84350 loaded with gun carriages at Swindon Works, c.1915

8in. howitzer gun carriage on an Open B wagon at Swindon Works, c.1914

Naval guns at Swindon Works, alongside Star Class locomotive, no

Featured First World War Print

Female stewardess, 1917

A Dining Car Waitress in her crisp white apron stands in the doorway of dining car No. 9546 on Platform 2, Paddington Station in 1917. Rail travel during the war was not just restricted to essential journeys. Travel for pleasure continued according to Mr Guy Calthrop, General Manager of the London and North Western Railway, who was asked to represent all of the railway companies before the Man Power Distribution Board. In his report of October 1916 Mr Calthrop stated that there is an enormous amount of "joy-riding" on railways at the present time'; and facilities such as on-board dining for long journeys were as integral to the service the GWR offered its customers as before the war began

6in. naval guns on display on Macaw B wagons at Swindon Works c.1915

Naval guns outside A Shop, Swindon Works c.1915

No 18 Stamping Shop at Swindon Works in 1915

Nordenfelt anti-aircraft gun in V Shop, Swindon Works c.1915

Carriage and Wagon Stamping (No.18) Shop in 1915

Wartime ambulance carriage in No 19 (C) Shop, 1915