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12

Jul
2017

In On This Day

By Nicola Gauld

On This Day, 12 July 1917

On 12, Jul 2017 | In On This Day | By Nicola Gauld

Birmingham Daily Gazette

Thursday 12 July 1917

RESPONSIBLE MINISTERS

The Birmingham branch of the National Union of Clerks passed a resolution asking the Government to remove from public life without pension or emolument the Ministers and officials responsible for the failure of the expeditionary force sent to the Persian Gulf ending with the surrender of General Townshend at Kut-al-Amara.