Date: 30/04/2019

The 100th anniversary of the running of the last of World War One's Jellicoe Express trains is being marked in Caithness.

Named after Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, who commanded the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet, the trains transported military personnel between London and Thurso.

Many of the sailors, marines and soldiers were stationed at naval bases at Invergordon and Orkney's Scapa Flow.

A plaque to the trains is being unveiled at Forsinard.

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WW1's last Jellicoe Express remembered in Sutherland

BBC News

The trains transported military personnel on journeys of more than 700 miles from between London and Thurso

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