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Female Munitions Workers in WW1
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Female Factory Workers from Langwith

A photograph of grinding house girls at His Majesty’s Factory Langwith, including three workers who were killed in an explosion in November 1917: 1) Dorothy Brown, 17 years old; 2) Else May Garrett, 22; 3) Ethel Gorrill, 18; and 4) Winnie Pegg, who was injured in the leg.

Image: © Langwith Whaley Thorns Heritage Centre