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<p>Photo showing operating table on board World War I Royal Naval hospital barge, North Russian Expeditionary Force, May 1918 to October 1919. The North Russian Expeditionary Force were sent to occupy Marmansk, the only North Russian post that remained ice-free all year to prevent further transfer of German troops to the western front following the German and Russian peace agreement of March 1918. The role of these hospital ships became increasingly important as British troops withdrew from Marmansk.
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Keywords: Naval and Military; Ships; Patients; World War One; Ship; Hospitals; War; Transport</p></div>
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