Christmas Cards for Serving Soldiers

During the First World War, Earlston remembered its serving soldiers at Christmas time, by sending these cards, now in the collection of Auld Earlston. 

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In the 1911 census,  Earlston's  population stood at 1749 with 801 male and 948 females.

Forty-eight soldiers from Earlston lost their lives in the First World War and are remembered on the War Memorial, unveiled in November 1921.