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WWI Centenary | Britain’s Home Front Heroes | Ancestry

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Channel: Ancestry · 2018 · People & Blogs

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Millions of people served on the home front during WWI, from maintaining the railways to delivering letters and packages. One such hero was Carol's grandmother, Irma Schoepen, who worked as a munitionette in the munitions factory based in Letchworth. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the armistice that brought an end to WWI, we teamed up with Natasha Kaplinsky to take Carol on a tour of Letchworth to the see the personal landmarks that shaped Irma's life, and Carol’s family connection to the war. 

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