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The War at Home
Cantabrians at home waged their own war and did what they could to support soldiers, nurses, their families and innocent civilians caught in the conflict.
In many respects the war at home was the women’s war. Mothers, wives and sisters did an enormous amount of fundraising and organised thousands of care packages for those serving overseas. People also expressed their views on the German enemy and their feelings about conscription.
Go BackHospital supplies being packed and sent to Egypt and England from the Nelson Red Cross Depot
Alexander Turnbull Library 1/1-009356-G
This online exhibition is representative of Canterbury and World War One: Lives Lost Lives Changed, a temporary exhibition which ran from 30 November 2017 to 11 November 2018 at Canterbury Museum.
