Soldiers at Brynkinalt Colliery, 1912

Men of the 2nd Suffolk Regiment on duty at the Brynkinalt Colliery Chirk sitting at their ease on pit-props. The soldiers (together with a contingent from the Shropshire Light Infantry and some police) were drafted in by the Home Secretary to protect miners returning to work during the strike

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