Walcha history: 33rd Battalion sails for France

By Bob Walsh
Updated November 8 2017 - 12:57pm, first published November 7 2017 - 12:26pm
Off to war: The Isle of Man paddlewheel steamer Mona’s Queen tied up at the Port of Douglas before being put into troop transport service during World War I.
Off to war: The Isle of Man paddlewheel steamer Mona’s Queen tied up at the Port of Douglas before being put into troop transport service during World War I.

Following three months of intensive training at Lark Hill, the 33rd Battalion sailed across the English Channel to Le Havre in northern France aboard the Mona’s Queen. For two days and nights they travelled in rail trucks to Bailleu, near the battlefront at Armentieres.

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