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LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Nuneaton

Stockingford Station: mrs1892

Non-striking railway staff pose with soldiers of the 1st Dorset Regiment outside Stockingford Sidings Signal Box in 1911

Non-striking railway staff pose with soldiers of the 1st Dorset Regiment outside Stockingford Sidings Signal Box in 1911. The Regiment had been consigned to protect several important locations in the area. Deploying a regiment from another part of the country was standard practice to prevent local and personal conflict.

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