Post by Admin on Mar 20, 2014 8:22:39 GMT -5
St James's Gate, Dublin: Brewery's Stout Hearts Go To War:
St James's Gate in Dublin has been synonymous with brewing Guinness for more than 250 years. Of the hundreds of workers who left there to fight in the Great War, more than 100 never returned.
At the start of World War One, St James's Gate was the biggest brewery in the world, with nearly 4,000 staff employed to make Guinness.
Archives from the period suggest that over 800 men from the workforce enlisted to fight at the front. The company undertook to pay them half wages while they were engaged in overseas service. It also guaranteed the men their jobs upon their safe return.
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St James's Gate in Dublin has been synonymous with brewing Guinness for more than 250 years. Of the hundreds of workers who left there to fight in the Great War, more than 100 never returned.
At the start of World War One, St James's Gate was the biggest brewery in the world, with nearly 4,000 staff employed to make Guinness.
Archives from the period suggest that over 800 men from the workforce enlisted to fight at the front. The company undertook to pay them half wages while they were engaged in overseas service. It also guaranteed the men their jobs upon their safe return.
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