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Quintinshill rail disaster remembered

A memorial service was held at Stanwix Cemetery in Carlisle this morning to remember two victims of the Quintinshill disaster who are buried there.

Commemorations have been taking place across the country to mark the100th anniversary of the disaster, which killed more than 200 people.

Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon attended a commemoration in Gretna on Friday and around 1000 people were at a service in Edinburgh on Saturday.

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Carlisle memorial service for Quintinshill victims

The Quintinshill rail crash occurred on May 22, 1915. Credit: Credit: War/Topham Picturepoint/PA Images

A memorial service is being held at Stanwix Cemetery in Carlisle this morning to remember two victims of the Quintinshill disaster who're buried in the ground.

Train driver Francis Scott and Fireman James Hannah were both killed in Britain's worst ever rail crash. The service begins at eleven am.

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