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Holyhead became a Royal Navy destroyer base during the war, and this all added to the amount of freight and service personnel travelling through Chester.
[[File:10HRA5 Loading Tank.jpg|thumb|489x489px|''Tank being loaded on to a railway flatbed'']]
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==== Light Railways ====
[[File:10HRA6 Light Railway.jpg|left|thumb|409x409px|''Light Railway Company (LRC)'']]
The first Light Railway Companies (LRCs) were formed in February 1916. These new LRCs had a nominal strength of 200 men, mainly former railway workers, commanded by an army captain. In all 27 LRCs operated on the Western Front, with others dedicated to training, recovery and repair. Some of them were established, staffed and run by South African, Canadian and Australians. By 1917 more than 600 miles of track had been laid.
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