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Radio 4,12 Jul 2018,11 mins

12 July 1918 - Hector Gidley

Home Front

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On this day in 1918, over 600 people were killed in an explosion on-board the Japanese ship Kawachi, and on Dartmoor Hector Gidley arrives to see an apparently authentic re-enactment of battle. Written by Sebastian Baczkiewicz Directed by Ciaran Bermingham Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

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