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….the phrase in a tragedy at sea, ‘women and children first’ is called The Birkenhead Drill.

In the early 1850s the BritishArmy were involved in an incursion in Cape Colony, S Africa. A ship called The Birkenhead was sent to deliver men and supplies but disaster struck on 25th Feb 1852 off the African coast. With about 630 on board, including women and children the ship hit rocks and was doomed. The women and children were all saved in the 3 lifeboats, the soldiers were left to jump into the sea with great loss of life;

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