Kinmel Camp, World War I, Colonel G.W.L Nicholson, Bodelwyddan, Abergele
Loc Publishing
(2013-01-09
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ISBN-13:
978-613-8-40167-4
ISBN-10:
6138401670
EAN:
9786138401674
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Английский
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Kinmel Camp was an army training ground in what was once the grounds of Kinmel Hall, near Abergele, in Conwy county borough, Wales. The Kinmel Camp Railway served the camp from 1915 until 1964. First World War training trenches can be seen nearby in the grounds of Bodelwyddan Castle.It is notable for the Kinmel Camp Riot on 4/5 March 1919, in which 20,000 war weary soldiers expressed their anger at their treatment at the end of the First World War. The riot broke out in the Canadian section of the camp, and lasted for a night and a day. Five men were killed, and 23 were injured, including two subalterns. It was reported that the men were angry that several boats to Canada had been cancelled, and were also annoyed that promises that those men who had enlisted first would be sent home first had not been honoured.