Llanelli riots of 1911

The Llanelli riots were a series of events precipitated by the national railway strike of 1911 at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire in Wales. Mass picketing action at Llanelli railway station was brutally suppressed by the police, resulting in the deaths of two men, shot dead by troops of the Worcestershire Regiment.

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Llanelli riots of 1911

The Llanelli riots were a series of events precipitated by the national railway strike of 1911 at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire in Wales. Mass picketing action at Llanelli railway station was brutally suppressed by the police, resulting in the deaths of two men, shot dead by troops of the Worcestershire Regiment.

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