The Chatham Bus Disaster (1951) - The Marine Cadet Tragedy

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At the time it was Britain's deadliest traffic accident, made all the worse by the fact that the victims were all young boys aged nine to thirteen. A dark night, a group of Sea Cadets marching in the road and a bus being driven with no headlights were the ingredients for this preventable tragedy.....

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