Some 30,000 miners were on the front line during the first world war. They were tunnellers, and a lot of them lost their lives.
First World War (Commemoration)
Proceeding contribution from
Jim Cunningham
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 26 June 2014.
It occurred during Debate on First World War (Commemoration).
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2014-15
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