The General Strike - demobilisation of volunteers 1926
Colonel St. John Fox, Commandant of the Headquarters Central Division of the Metropolitan Special Constabulary Reserve, addressing the division (including regulars, in uniform and emergency men) before dismissing them in the quadrangle of the foreign office. In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts, the Trades Union Congress called a General Strike in early May 1926. The strike only involved certain key industrial sectors (docks, electricity, gas, railways) but, in the face of well-organised government emergency measures and lack of real public support, it collapsed after nine days
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Addressing Certain Collapsed Commandant Constabulary Cuts Demobilisation Dismissing Involved Lack Measures Organised Quadrangle Regulars Sectors Threatened Volunteers Wage
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