The Post Office during the First World War
October 30th, 2009 admin
Topics: british army, first world war, gpo, great war, peter sutton, PostalHeritage, war bonds, women, ww1
The fourth in our series of podcasts is now available and features researcher Peter Sutton speaking about the Post Office during the First World War. This talk was recorded at the Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms in March as part of the exhibition Last Post: Remembering the First World War , which is still on a national tour. War Graves Cemetery, The Somme as seen on a stamp in 1999 At the start of 1914 the General Post Office was one of the largest employers in the world, with a workforce of more than a quarter of a million, but the Great War had a significant…
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