’Soldiers’ Wives’, Morning Chronicle, 29 July 1857, P. 3.
Year: 2020

On several occasions during the past week, persons visiting the railway station have found themselves present at a scene in one of the unwritten tragedies of common life. That was the parting place of the men under orders for India, and their wives and children. There were many tears of course from the poor women, much rough regret, deeper than it seemed, on the part of the men. We wish it were in our power to offer consolation to those left behind. We might remind them of the promise of the Gov