From the archive: A variety of service
Janet Scott continues her selection of extracts from the Friend published during the first world war.
The Battle of the Somme, which began on 1 July and continued until November 1916, was one of the bloodiest battles in human history. More than one million men were wounded or killed. The battle was not reported in the Friend, but its effect on Quakers in Britain and Ireland was profound. Throughout the summer and autumn the Friend published notices of deaths in its pages. The scale of the casualties was also reflected in the report of increased work for the Friends Ambulance Unit (FAU).
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