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- 1 2 Tribute to Barbara Castle Archived 26 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Newspapers in Special Collections, University of Bradford
- ↑ Siegfried Sassoon, "Finished with the War: A Soldier's Declaration"
- ↑ Guide to the Siegfried Sassoon collection of papers, [1905]-1975 bulk (1915-1951)
- ↑ A. T. Lane, Biographical Dictionary of European Labor Leaders, 1995, p 165-6 ISBN 0-313-29900-5
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