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Radio 4,21 Nov 2017,11 mins

21 November 1917 - Sarah Illingworth

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On this day in 1917, the Bolsheviks disbanded the Women's Battalions, while in Tynemouth, Sarah Illingworth brings discipline to the Marshalls' munitionettes. Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz Directed by Allegra McIlroy Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

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