We’re pleased to publish the 1st in our new online heritage series. This article explores Lt-Col Alexander Seton of Mounie and the 1852 sinking of HMS Birkenhead - origin of “Women and Children First”. Written by MBHS committee member Deborah A. O’Neil OBE, FRSE
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Alexander Seton - Women and Children First - Meldrum & Bourtie Heritage Society
To take your chance in the thick of a rush, with firing all about, Is nothing so bad when you've cover to 'and, an' leave an' likin' to shout; But to stand an' be still to the Birken'ead drill is a da...