Child Refugees From Belgium, WW1

Child Refugees From Belgium, WW1
Child Refugees From Belgium, WW1
Child Refugees From Belgium, WW1
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3743
Title
Child Refugees From Belgium, WW1
Description
ABBEY - CASTLE STREET (CDV)
Strongroom Stack 24
Base Hospital
Clergyman and group of children posing for a portrait; group of adults gathered in doorway beyond (poss. Belgian refugees?)
Leicester
1/4 Glass plate negative
1914-18
Lumbers 126.1962
GP2880

Negatives Collection, Leicestershire Record Office

During World War 1 Germany invaded Belgium in order to pass through the country and reach Paris. The resulting atrocities caused many Belgians to flee their home country, and around 200,000 refugees arrived in Britain. Many were looked after by local charities.
LCC ID. No.
GP2880
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