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First World War Gallery

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Choose from 6 pictures in our First World War collection for your Wall Art or Photo Gift. Popular choices include Framed Prints, Canvas Prints, Posters and Jigsaw Puzzles. All professionally made for quick delivery.

Retired staff returning to work at Didcot Station, 1917

SS Africa at Tilbury Docks, September 1915

Female stewardess at the door of dining car No. 9545, 1917

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

Highland Band at Paddington Station, 1915

Featured First World War Print

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

This image shows carriage No. 9024, an ex-invalid coach, suspended in the Carriage Lifting Shop at Swindon Works. The date is March 1915 and the carriage is being converted into a military ambulance train for service in the First World War. A red cross can be seen on the side of the vehicle and another cross would have been painted on the roof. It is also noted that the carriage is fitted with a Westinghouse brake system, in addition to a vacuum brake. This was an essential fitting and allowed the carriage to run over any railway in the country