Free learning resources from arts, cultural and heritage organisations.

From story
Blind Veterans of the First World War
Download Image View story
Group photograph of blinded soldiers undertaking poultry farming training with St Dunstan's (now Blind Veterans UK) Add to board
This resource is licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA

Blinded Soldiers Undertaking Poultry Farming Training with St Dunstan's

David Melling (pictured fourth from left holding a hen) with other St Dunstaners during training as a poultry farmer. David, a former soldier who served with the Lancashire Fusiliers in the First World War, was helped by St Dunstan’s after he was blinded during the 1915 Gallipoli campaign.

Image: © Blind Veterans UK Collections and Archives