Historical accounts for the battle on the St Joseph's School Site
Item Information:
Catalogue Number: stjii001 Source: National Archives Kew Gardens UK Location: Thomson Road St Joseph's Institute Report No: Not Applicable Artifact Type: Documents Production Date: 2016-06-01 00:00:00 Dimensions of Item: Various Copyright with Source Institution
Other Description:
A collection of historic documents referring to the location of a British troops in the grounds of what is now the St Joseph's school along Thomson Road.
Historic Context:
The Royal Engineers war diary makes reference to the location of a 9th Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Machine Gun unit being located on the wooded hill to the east of Thomson Road opposite the junction with the Mount Pleasant Road. This would suggest that the machine gun team was located on the hill which is now partially within the grounds of the St Joseph's International Institute
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