LOST GENERATION

RAG SORTING

- a forgotten horror from WW1 on the home front.Paths of Glory

 

The Army Clothing Salvage Depot at Dewsbury was set up in the second year of the First World War to deal with worn out clothing from the troops in France, Egypt, Salonika and various other Fronts. Garments found to be fit for further use were picked out and sent to the cleaners, and from there to the Ravensthorpe part-worn clothing repair factory to be repaired.

 

Over 18,000 garments per week were being repaired there. Margaret Watson's article in the Dewsbury reporter gives more information.

 

The staff employed at the Army Salvage Depot included 649 civilian female employees. I will be working with BSA students to recreate this scene from 1917