This Sunday (November 10) will see a procession take place in Barrow Town Centre for Remembrance Sunday.

The memorial day is a national effort to commemorate the armistice signed between Germany and the Allies of World War I on November 11, 1918, at 11am.

Barrow played a vital role for the country during the First World War and thousands of men returned to Furness from the First World War with injuries, or battle-related illness, which would stay with them all their lives.

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Local photographers the Sankeys, managed to capture life in the town during this time and throughout the early twentieth century.

Contained in the Sankey online archive, created by Signal Film and Media, are fantastic images that show the war effort, including of the town's shipyard workers during the Great War, their Royal Visits and the massive vessels they created.

A Royal tour during World War l by King George V and Queen Mary was captured by the photographers which was a morale boosting exercise organised by the government.

King George V and Queen Mary visiting Barrow shipyard. Her Majesty looks off towards female workers (Image: Sankey online archive) Many shipyard, engineering and mine workers  pushed their bodies beyond what they're capable of to produce vital war materials.

Between the turn of the century and the outbreak of World War 1, Barrow produced around 98 vessels with 64 being submarines for the Royal Navy. 

One fantastic ship built by Vickers Shipyard, now BAE, was HMS Erin pictured in 1910 which was seized upon the orders of Winston Churchill himself.

HMS Erin later seized by Winston Churchill (Image: Sankey online archive) According to the Sankey archive, the dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy was originally ordered by the Ottoman government from the British Vickers Company.

The ship was to have been named Reşadiye designed to be at least the equal of any other ship afloat or under construction.

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When the First World War began in August 1914, Reşadiye was nearly complete and was later seized at the orders by the First Lord of the Admiralty to keep in British hands and prevent her from being used by Germany or German allies.

Barrow War Memorial Convalescent Home (Image: Sankey online archive) Barrow War Memorial Convalescent Home was also pictured before it was demolished in 1961.

The mansion at Infield, off Abbey Road was place where wounded men could recover and build themselves up.

For more historic pictures taken in Barrow during the First World War, check out our gallery.

Anyone wanting to use the Sankey photos in a book, online or in an exhibition need to ask permission to use the photos from Cumbria Archives and there may be a charge.

Downloading images for personal use is fine however.  The full details on copyright are here: https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/contact/.