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QUINTINSHILL 1915
Quintinshill (1915)
The inferno that was the troop train carrying a battalion of the 7th Royal Scots to war. This accident which occurred close to Gretna Green remains the worst rail tragedy to have occurred in Britain. The battalion was decimated with 227 killed and 246 injured.
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